The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 9, 1927
Waxing Gibbous
74.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:17 PM
2:25 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.3%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 399,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 56
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 | 118.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.4° / 63.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 56m / -13.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 225.39° / 3.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.58° / -4.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.70° / 0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.