The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 9, 2156
Waning Gibbous
80.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:32 AM
9:23 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.6%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 372,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2886
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 | 232.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.0° / 254.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 53m / -27.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.90° / -4.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.86° / 6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.37° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.