The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 9, 2107
Waning Gibbous
93.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:04 PM
8:19 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.4%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 393,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2280
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For May 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 209.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.1° / 278.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 10m / -18.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.07° / 3.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.58° / -4.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.35° / -0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.