The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 9, 1974
Waning Gibbous
89.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:54 PM
8:39 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.3%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 399,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 635
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 | 218.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.4° / 268.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 46m / -22.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.84° / 0.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.17° / -0.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.31° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.