The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 9, 1987
Waxing Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:15 PM
3:56 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 359,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 798
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 158.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -78.4° / 355.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 41m / -28.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.76° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.61° / 6.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.54° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.