The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Waning Gibbous
82.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:37 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.8%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 367,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1105
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 | 229.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.2° / 263.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 36m / -20.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.42° / 2.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.15° / -3.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.92° / 0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.