The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 7, 2009
Waxing Gibbous
97.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:28 PM
5:07 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 390,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1068
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 162.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.1° / 352.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 43m / -16.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.57° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.90° / 6.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.42° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.