The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 9, 2071
Waxing Gibbous
79.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:13 PM
3:55 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.8%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 380,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1835
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 | 126.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.8° / 40.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 43m / 0.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.71° / -0.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.70° / 1.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.42° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.