The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 9, 1963
Waning Gibbous
91.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:16 PM
8:47 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.8%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 381,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 501
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 213.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.7° / 275.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 33m / -17.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.99° / -2.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.87° / 3.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.24° / -0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.