The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 9, 1970
Waxing Crescent
29.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:51 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.8%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 588
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 | 66.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.2° / 89.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 32m / 1.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.02° / -1.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.25° / 2.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.81° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.