The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 9, 2077
Waning Gibbous
97.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:30 PM
7:19 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 389,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1909
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 | 198.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.0° / 285.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 25m / -21.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.03° / -0.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.67° / 0.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.56° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.