The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 9, 1928
Waning Gibbous
59.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:47 AM
12:48 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.6%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 375,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 68
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 259.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.1° / 260.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 30m / -1.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.25° / -4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.76° / 6.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.88° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.