The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 9, 2006
Waxing Gibbous
87.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:13 PM
4:32 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.5%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 401,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1031
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 138.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.2° / 28.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 27m / -3.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.40° / -0.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.01° / 0.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.99° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.