The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 9, 1971
Waxing Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:14 PM
5:29 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 399,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 598
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 | 170.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.3° / 331.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 20m / -19.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.15° / -4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.63° / 6.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.62° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.