The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 9, 2030
Waxing Crescent
39.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:04 PM
1:30 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.5%
- Age
- 7.1 days
- Distance
- 393,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1328
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 | 77.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.0° / 70.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 32m / 14.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.78° / -4.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.57° / 5.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 94.86° / 0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.