The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 9, 1970
Waxing Crescent
17.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:05 AM
12:16 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.0%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 397,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 586
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Venus and Mars close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 48.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.3° / 76.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 32m / 27.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 97.10° / 4.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.53° / -5.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.14° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.