The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 9, 1968
Waxing Gibbous
88.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:21 PM
4:38 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.2%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 365,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 561
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 | 139.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.3° / 25.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 34m / -2.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.77° / 0.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.36° / -0.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.40° / 0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.