The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 9, 2055
Waxing Gibbous
96.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:01 PM
5:45 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.9%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 363,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1637
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 | 160.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.8° / 351.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 56m / -6.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.26° / 4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.61° / -5.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.24° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 302.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.