The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 9, 1966
Waning Gibbous
76.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:57 AM
9:57 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.0%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 395,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 536
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 | 238.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.4° / 251.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 17m / -26.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.26° / -4.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.78° / 5.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.93° / -0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.