The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 9, 1958
Waning Crescent
44.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:06 AM
2:29 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.0%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 439
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 277.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.8° / 259.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 28m / 9.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.01° / 0.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.69° / -0.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.87° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.