The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 9, 1924
First Quarter
47.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:31 PM
12:59 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.5%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 376,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 19
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jul 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 86.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.0° / 78.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 58m / -1.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.07° / 4.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.58° / -4.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 86.55° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.