The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 9, 2025
Waxing Gibbous
91.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:00 PM
4:44 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.9%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1266
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 | 146.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.0° / 19.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 57m / -8.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.24° / -1.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.50° / 2.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 35.21° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.