The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 9, 1914
Waning Gibbous
94.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:48 PM
7:09 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.7%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 385,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -105
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 206.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.9° / 292.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 05m / -18.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.14° / -2.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.07° / 2.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.92° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.