The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 9, 2082
Waxing Gibbous
89.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:38 PM
4:22 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.1%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 361,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1971
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 | 141.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.5° / 28.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 35m / -7.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.96° / -3.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.10° / 4.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.02° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.