The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 9, 1967
Waxing Crescent
4.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:55 AM
11:00 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.8%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 377,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 551
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jul 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 24.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.5° / 96.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 01m / 22.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.42° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.64° / -6.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 150.93° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.