The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 9, 1918
Waxing Crescent
2.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:33 AM
9:50 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.0%
- Age
- 1.3 days
- Distance
- 389,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -55
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 5.8° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 15.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.3° / 112.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 16m / 16.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.50° / -3.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.19° / 4.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 168.78° / -0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.