On the night of May 9, 2025, the Moon is in its waxing gibbous phase and will be visible in the eastern sky starting in mid-afternoon, rising in the east and remaining high in the eastern sky at sunset

. Specifically, it rises around 5:34 PM local time with a direction approximately 103° (just east of southeast)

. Later in the evening, it will move higher and more toward the south as the night progresses. For example, from a location like "The Ninth" in Ontario, Canada, the Moon rises at 5:34 PM facing roughly east-southeast and will be visible moving across the southern sky later at night

. In the Central Time Zone, the Moon is noted to be most directly north of the planet's pole around 9:20 PM CDT, indicating it will be high in the southern part of the sky at that time

. In summary, tonight the Moon will be found in the eastern sky shortly after moonrise in the late afternoon and early evening, then it will move southward as the night progresses