The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 9, 1981
Waxing Gibbous
55.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:16 PM
1:30 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.5%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 724
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 | 96.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.2° / 73.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 35m / -4.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.50° / 5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.40° / -6.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 87.35° / -0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.