The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 9, 1962
First Quarter
47.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:27 PM
1:04 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.1%
- Age
- 7.7 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 489
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jul 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 86.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.2° / 77.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 57m / -0.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.45° / 4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.43° / -5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 91.16° / -0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.