The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 9, 2137
Waning Gibbous
79.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:41 AM
9:32 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.0%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 364,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2651
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 | 234.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.2° / 253.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 02m / -27.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.73° / -4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.13° / 6.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.56° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.