The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 9, 1912
Waning Crescent
29.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:43 AM
3:03 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.6%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 378,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -130
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 | 294.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.2° / 265.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 33m / 17.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.29° / 2.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.38° / -2.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -121.65° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.