The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 9, 2185
Waxing Gibbous
79.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:03 PM
4:12 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.4%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 394,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3245
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 | 125.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.0° / 36.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 48m / 4.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.49° / 2.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.53° / -3.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.00° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.