The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 9, 2111
Waxing Crescent
3.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:46 AM
10:17 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.1%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 396,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2330
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.0° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For May 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 19.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.7° / 108.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 29m / 17.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 68.26° / -4.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.16° / 6.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 163.85° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.