The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 9, 1965
Waxing Gibbous
65.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:26 PM
3:41 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.7%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 374,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 524
Events on this date
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Neptune at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.4° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 108.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.2° / 46.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 43m / 13.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.09° / 5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.59° / -6.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.44° / -0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.