The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 9, 2140
Last Quarter
54.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:03 AM
12:37 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.4%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 383,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2688
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.7° / 245.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 06m / -14.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.61° / 2.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.48° / -2.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.58° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.