The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 9, 2147
Waxing Gibbous
67.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:42 PM
3:22 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.2%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2775
Events on this date
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Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 109.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.3° / 50.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 42m / 8.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.74° / 0.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.63° / 0.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.58° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.