The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 9, 2072
Last Quarter
54.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:57 AM
12:37 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.6%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1847
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 264.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.8° / 245.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 06m / -13.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.77° / 2.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.85° / -3.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.15° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.