The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 9, 1988
Waning Crescent
18.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:14 AM
5:41 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.0%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 384,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 810
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 | 310.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.5° / 248.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 37m / 24.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 57.66° / 4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.29° / -6.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.13° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.