The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 9, 2199
Waxing Gibbous
98.6% 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
7:45 PM
5:30 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.6%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 367,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3418
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 | 166.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.8° / 342.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 11m / -14.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.46° / -1.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.82° / 2.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.80° / 0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.6° |
| 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.