The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 9, 1974
Waning Gibbous
77.8% 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
11:31 PM
11:04 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.8%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 637
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 | 236.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.4° / 276.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 50m / -1.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.24° / 5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.43° / -6.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.63° / -0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.