The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 9, 2177
Waxing Gibbous
90.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:50 PM
4:19 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.2%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 387,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3146
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 | 143.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.4° / 27.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 41m / -9.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.29° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.59° / 6.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.41° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.