The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 9, 2121
Last Quarter
54.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:08 AM
12:38 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.0%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 371,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2453
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 | 265.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.7° / 244.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 07m / -14.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.65° / 1.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.23° / -1.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.78° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.