The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 9, 2070
Waning Crescent
1.0% 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
5:50 AM
7:52 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.0%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 359,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1822
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 | 348.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.9° / 156.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 25m / 13.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.13° / -1.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.15° / 1.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.82° / -0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.1° |
| 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.