The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 9, 1954
Waxing Gibbous
65.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:36 PM
1:10 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.1%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 390
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Jul 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 107.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.2° / 80.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 02m / -17.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.43° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.92° / 6.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.52° / -0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.