The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 9, 2186
Waning Gibbous
69.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:11 AM
11:00 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.2%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3257
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 247.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.3° / 251.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 56m / -20.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.89° / 0.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.73° / 0.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.36° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.