The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 9, 1966
Waning Gibbous
61.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:40 AM
12:35 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.9%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 538
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 256.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.8° / 261.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 19m / -2.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.34° / -3.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.81° / 5.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.25° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.