The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 8, 2009
Waxing Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:33 PM
5:37 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 393,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1068
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 174.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.8° / 323.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 33m / -20.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 222.35° / -4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.37° / 6.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.24° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.