The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 9, 1949
Waxing Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:09 PM
4:59 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 382,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 328
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 | 171.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -72.4° / 307.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 41m / -28.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.98° / -4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.62° / 6.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.95° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 234.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.