The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 9, 2098
Waxing Gibbous
66.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:37 PM
3:37 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.8%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 372,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2169
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 109.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.3° / 47.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 48m / 11.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.10° / 3.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.68° / -4.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.22° / 0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.