The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 9, 1908
Waxing Gibbous
78.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:42 PM
1:37 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.0%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 380,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -179
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 124.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.3° / 74.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 19m / -14.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.06° / 3.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.32° / -4.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.79° / 0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.