The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 9, 2060
Waxing Gibbous
71.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:07 PM
3:56 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.7%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1699
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Mercury, and Saturn gathered
All within 3.5° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For May 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 115.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.1° / 43.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 13m / 9.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 165.40° / 4.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.08° / -4.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.62° / 0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.