The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 9, 1915
Waning Crescent
6.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:25 AM
6:21 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.8%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -93
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 | 330.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 66.4° / 244.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 00m / 27.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 76.58° / 4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.67° / -5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -150.53° / 0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.