The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 9, 2164
Waning Gibbous
90.5% 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
11:33 PM
8:47 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.5%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 365,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2985
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,000 km.
Exact values
For May 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 215.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.8° / 274.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 41m / -18.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.40° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.76° / -6.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.77° / -1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.8° |
| 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.