The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 9, 1929
Waxing Crescent
11.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:16 AM
11:40 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.5%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 366,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 81
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 4.6° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 39.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.4° / 91.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 01m / 17.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 146.28° / 5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.62° / -6.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.30° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.