The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 9, 2074
Waxing Gibbous
96.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:58 PM
5:43 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.7%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 358,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1872
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 | 159.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.6° / 353.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 55m / -6.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.93° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.90° / -5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.42° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 302.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.