The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 9, 1903
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:47 PM
5:16 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -241
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jul 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 179.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.7° / 340.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 07m / -17.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.96° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.99° / -6.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 1.44° / -1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 347.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.