The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 9, 1985
Last Quarter
53.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:57 AM
1:27 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.6%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 773
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jul 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.3° / 259.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 53m / 2.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.35° / -2.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.03° / 3.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.05° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.