The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 9, 2102
Last Quarter
51.3% 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
2:20 AM
12:52 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.3%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 371,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2218
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.1° / 242.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 18m / -14.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 317.33° / 1.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.66° / -0.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.96° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.