The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 9, 1960
Waxing Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:55 PM
5:31 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 368,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 462
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 | 158.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.2° / 356.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 46m / -7.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.54° / 2.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.51° / -3.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 15.81° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.