The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 9, 2014
Waxing Gibbous
73.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:31 PM
3:24 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.5%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 397,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1130
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 | 117.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.1° / 48.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 07m / 1.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.94° / -3.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.56° / 4.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.59° / -0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.