The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 9, 1942
Waning Crescent
13.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:31 AM
5:47 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.0%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 241
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.0° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 6.5° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 318.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.0° / 221.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 16m / 16.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 64.87° / -5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.48° / 7.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -135.17° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.8° |
| 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.