The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 9, 2080
Waning Gibbous
72.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:26 AM
10:23 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.0%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1946
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,600 km.
Exact values
For May 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 243.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.9° / 248.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 47m / -26.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.90° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.45° / 7.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.53° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.