The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 9, 2020
Waning Gibbous
93.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:27 PM
8:07 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.2%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1204
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 | 210.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.7° / 274.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 16m / -22.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.71° / 0.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.28° / -0.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.32° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.