The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 9, 2007
Waning Gibbous
55.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:23 AM
12:15 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.7%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 380,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1043
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 | 263.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.0° / 241.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 02m / -19.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 312.20° / -2.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.74° / 3.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.38° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.