The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 9, 1971
Waning Gibbous
98.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:14 PM
7:16 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.1%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 372,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 600
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 | 195.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.3° / 286.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 21m / -20.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.67° / -1.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.33° / 1.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.63° / 0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.