The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 9, 2148
Waning Gibbous
68.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:05 AM
11:08 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.5%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 379,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2787
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 | 248.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.0° / 252.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 59m / -19.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.90° / 1.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.53° / -1.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.97° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.