The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 9, 1905
First Quarter
49.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:43 PM
12:02 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.7%
- Age
- 7.0 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -216
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jul 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 89.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.1° / 87.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 06m / -3.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.35° / 3.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.43° / -4.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.86° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.