The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 9, 1978
Waxing Crescent
6.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:18 AM
10:52 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.0%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 685
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For May 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 27.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.7° / 100.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 04m / 17.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 76.63° / -4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.32° / 6.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.81° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.