The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 9, 1904
Waning Crescent
15.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:11 AM
4:26 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.6%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 381,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -229
Events on this date
-
Mars and Neptune close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jul 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 313.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.3° / 246.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 59m / 15.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 60.82° / -4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.20° / 6.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.29° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.