The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 9, 2044
Waxing Gibbous
94.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:37 PM
4:53 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.7%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 394,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1501
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 | 153.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.6° / 10.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 21m / -11.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.02° / -2.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.99° / 4.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.43° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.