The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 9, 2124
Waning Crescent
22.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:32 AM
4:01 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.6%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 387,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2490
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 | 303.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.5° / 226.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 26m / 1.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.84° / 4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.03° / -5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.86° / 0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.