The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 9, 1986
Waxing Crescent
5.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:14 AM
11:05 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.9%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 396,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 786
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 | 27.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.4° / 95.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 16m / 20.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.94° / 4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.28° / -6.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 147.12° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.