The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 9, 1950
Waning Crescent
26.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:49 AM
4:28 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.8%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 340
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,900 km.
Exact values
For Jul 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 297.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.5° / 253.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 45m / 19.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.67° / 3.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.52° / -4.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.50° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.