The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 9, 1940
Waxing Crescent
21.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:57 AM
11:45 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.7%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 368,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 217
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,200 km.
Exact values
For Jul 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 55.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.6° / 94.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 52m / 4.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.69° / -2.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.39° / 3.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 123.84° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.