The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 9, 1990
Waning Gibbous
97.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:15 PM
7:35 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.4%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 392,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 835
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 | 198.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.4° / 286.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 32m / -18.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 305.71° / -0.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.53° / 0.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.44° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.