The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 9, 2010
Waning Crescent
19.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:45 AM
4:26 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.2%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 399,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1080
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.1° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For May 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 308.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.4° / 223.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 42m / 3.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.21° / 4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.88° / -6.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.45° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.