The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 10, 2009
Waning Gibbous
97.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:36 PM
6:51 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.7%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 399,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1068
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 197.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.7° / 281.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 19m / -25.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.27° / -4.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.67° / 5.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.12° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.6° |
| 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.