The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 9, 1909
Waning Gibbous
56.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:01 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.8%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- -167
Events on this date
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Neptune 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 | 262.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.0° / 268.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 41m / -0.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.08° / -4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.68° / 6.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.58° / 0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.