The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 9, 1959
Waxing Crescent
13.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:48 AM
11:09 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.0%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 386,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 452
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 7.6° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 42.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.3° / 98.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 59m / 8.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.78° / -3.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.65° / 4.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 132.28° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.