The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 9, 2145
Waning Gibbous
89.8% 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
11:39 PM
8:52 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.8%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 361,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2750
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 217.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.9° / 273.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 44m / -18.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.28° / 4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.29° / -5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.95° / -0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.