The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 9, 2099
Waning Gibbous
73.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:17 AM
10:11 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.6%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 392,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2181
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 | 241.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.8° / 249.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 35m / -26.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.19° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.82° / 6.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.14° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.