The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 9, 2089
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:58 AM
7:56 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 375,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2057
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 | 350.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.2° / 153.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 33m / 12.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 40.02° / -1.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.46° / 3.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -175.64° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 58.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.