The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 9, 2175
Waning Gibbous
87.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:29 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.6%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 393,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3121
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 | 221.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.7° / 261.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 01m / -27.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.19° / -4.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.47° / 6.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.97° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.