The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 9, 2135
Waning Crescent
11.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:48 AM
5:21 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.3%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 2626
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,700 km.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 320.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.5° / 203.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 38m / 2.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.62° / -1.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.39° / 2.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.13° / 0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.