The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 9, 2017
Waxing Gibbous
98.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:28 PM
6:01 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.4%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1167
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 | 166.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.1° / 341.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 19m / -9.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.54° / 4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.98° / -5.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.63° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 305.5° |
| 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.