The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 9, 2050
Waning Gibbous
91.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:29 PM
8:29 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.6%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 378,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1575
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 | 213.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.8° / 273.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 30m / -20.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.88° / 2.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.44° / -3.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.35° / 0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.