The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 9, 2167
Waning Gibbous
75.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:33 AM
10:25 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.4%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3022
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 | 239.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.7° / 256.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 19m / -20.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.55° / 1.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.82° / -1.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.57° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.