The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 9, 2049
First Quarter
46.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:46 PM
1:51 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.2%
- Age
- 7.7 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1563
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For May 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 85.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.2° / 67.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 04m / 11.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.90° / -4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.63° / 6.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 91.06° / 0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.