The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 9, 1931
Waning Crescent
34.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:30 AM
3:34 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.3%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 398,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 105
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 288.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.1° / 256.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 08m / 15.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.93° / 2.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.12° / -2.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -112.70° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.