The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 9, 1984
Waxing Gibbous
63.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:12 PM
3:34 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.5%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 368,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 759
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 | 105.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.0° / 48.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 34m / 14.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.75° / 5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.92° / -6.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.63° / -0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.