The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 9, 2141
Waxing Crescent
15.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:14 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.3%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 363,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2701
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 45.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.8° / 83.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 22m / 22.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.15° / -0.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.31° / 1.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 137.57° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.