The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 9, 1984
Waxing Gibbous
87.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:12 PM
3:07 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.5%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 380,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 761
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 138.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.7° / 49.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 17m / -21.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.13° / -0.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.25° / 0.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.32° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.