The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 9, 2056
Waning Crescent
21.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:20 AM
3:56 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.3%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1649
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 | 305.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.6° / 215.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 49m / -6.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.07° / -4.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.12° / 6.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.42° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.