The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 9, 2051
Waning Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:49 AM
7:55 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 360,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1587
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 | 349.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.4° / 155.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 24m / 13.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.27° / -0.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.20° / 1.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.02° / -0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.