The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 9, 2053
Waning Gibbous
62.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:22 AM
11:51 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.7%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1612
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 | 255.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.7° / 251.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 25m / -15.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.86° / 3.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.86° / -4.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.35° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.