The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 9, 1978
Waxing Crescent
15.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:10 AM
11:23 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.7%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 687
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 46.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.3° / 96.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 19m / 8.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.63° / -2.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.01° / 3.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 128.45° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.