The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 9, 2106
Waxing Crescent
42.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:22 PM
1:31 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.0%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 371,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2268
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 | 80.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.1° / 69.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 41m / 12.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.32° / -5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.67° / 7.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.07° / -0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.