The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 9, 1914
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:52 PM
4:46 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 359,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -107
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For May 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 177.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -70.9° / 351.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 47m / -20.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 225.56° / -4.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.68° / 6.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 4.32° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 225.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.