The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 9, 2023
Waning Gibbous
81.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:24 AM
9:13 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.5%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1241
Events on this date
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Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 230.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.5° / 255.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 44m / -27.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.74° / -4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.13° / 6.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.15° / 0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.