The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 9, 2129
Waning Gibbous
66.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:09 AM
11:20 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.8%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 368,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2552
Events on this date
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Neptune at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For May 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 250.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.0° / 251.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 05m / -18.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.58° / 2.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.67° / -2.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.17° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.8° |
| 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.