The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 9, 1976
Waxing Gibbous
76.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:55 PM
3:28 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.5%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 366,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 660
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 | 121.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.9° / 47.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 21m / -0.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 171.11° / -4.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.18° / 5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.01° / -0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.