The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 9, 1957
Waxing Gibbous
94.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:11 PM
4:13 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.8%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 391,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 427
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 | 153.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -70.3° / 11.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 20m / -20.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.73° / 2.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.19° / -3.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.53° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.