The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 9, 1975
Waning Crescent
2.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:14 AM
7:14 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.8%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 396,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 647
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 | 341.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.4° / 174.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 46m / 13.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.45° / 2.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.05° / -3.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -164.99° / 0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.