The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 9, 1989
Waxing Crescent
37.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:42 PM
12:03 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.5%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 823
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 | 75.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.0° / 88.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 05m / -3.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.73° / -3.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.23° / 4.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 106.00° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.