The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 9, 1977
Waning Gibbous
55.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:43 AM
12:36 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.6%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 378,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 672
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 | 263.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.6° / 248.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 55m / -12.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 312.60° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.40° / -5.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.35° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.