The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 9, 2083
Waning Crescent
40.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:52 AM
1:57 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.8%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 388,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1983
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 | 280.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.1° / 236.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 06m / -10.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.99° / 1.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.41° / -1.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.36° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.