The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 9, 2182
Waxing Crescent
39.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:08 PM
1:25 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.7%
- Age
- 6.8 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3208
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.
Exact values
For May 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 77.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.6° / 70.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 33m / 13.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.21° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.05° / 6.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.02° / -0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.