The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 9, 2088
Waning Gibbous
86.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:20 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.2%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2045
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 | 223.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.9° / 268.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 15m / -18.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.51° / 4.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.25° / -5.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.93° / -0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.