The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 9, 1946
Waxing Gibbous
80.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:07 PM
2:46 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.9%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 291
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 | 128.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.9° / 58.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 33m / -16.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.92° / 2.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.62° / -2.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.90° / 0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.