The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 9, 1979
Waxing Gibbous
93.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:12 PM
5:14 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.6%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 392,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 697
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 | 150.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.0° / 8.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 15m / -4.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.26° / 2.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.72° / -3.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.18° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.