The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 9, 2022
Waxing Gibbous
56.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:26 PM
3:15 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.5%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 395,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1229
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 | 97.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.0° / 52.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 02m / 17.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 146.42° / 5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.43° / -6.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.23° / -0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.