The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 9, 1960
Waning Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:43 PM
7:13 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 358,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 464
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 | 192.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.2° / 296.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 04m / -16.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.55° / 3.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.20° / -4.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.43° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.