The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 9, 1956
Waxing Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:01 AM
10:02 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 358,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 415
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 21.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.0° / 110.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 39m / 13.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.42° / -4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.87° / 6.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 161.16° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.