The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 9, 2015
Waning Gibbous
69.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:46 AM
11:11 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.5%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 376,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1142
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 | 247.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.6° / 255.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 47m / -16.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.78° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.64° / -5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.78° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.