The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 9, 2128
Waxing Gibbous
69.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:02 PM
3:27 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.9%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 386,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2540
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 | 113.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.5° / 48.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 56m / 6.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.66° / -0.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.68° / 0.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.18° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.