The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 9, 2042
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
12:28 AM
9:13 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.5%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 386,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1476
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 | 230.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.6° / 255.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 45m / -28.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.99° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.03° / 6.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.96° / 0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.