The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 9, 2091
Waning Gibbous
57.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:49 AM
12:21 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.1%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 390,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2082
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 | 261.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.1° / 246.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 52m / -15.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.31° / 2.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.34° / -2.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.74° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.