The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 9, 1900
Waxing Gibbous
90.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:32 PM
2:20 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.4%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 384,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -278
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 143.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.2° / 63.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 37m / -22.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.76° / 0.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.53° / 0.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.18° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.