The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 9, 2120
Waxing Gibbous
84.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:53 PM
4:02 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.4%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 389,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2441
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 | 133.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.8° / 37.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 04m / -4.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.71° / -3.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.51° / 5.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.59° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.