The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 9, 2079
Waxing Gibbous
66.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:35 PM
3:42 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.9%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 386,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1934
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 | 109.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.1° / 46.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 48m / 12.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.89° / 4.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.64° / -4.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.04° / 0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.