The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 9, 1993
Waning Gibbous
71.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:53 PM
11:50 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.1%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 872
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 | 245.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.9° / 273.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 24m / 1.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.47° / 5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.36° / -6.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.43° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.