The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 9, 1944
Waning Gibbous
84.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:55 PM
10:01 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.0%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 364,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 266
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 227.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.5° / 270.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 30m / -12.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 334.47° / -3.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.51° / 4.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.63° / -0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.