The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 9, 2188
Waxing Gibbous
97.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:14 PM
5:45 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.4%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 361,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3282
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,900 km.
Exact values
For May 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 161.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.3° / 349.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 04m / -8.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.76° / 3.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.14° / -4.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.01° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 300.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.