The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 9, 1995
Waxing Gibbous
88.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:12 PM
3:23 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.7%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 361,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 897
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 140.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.1° / 41.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 25m / -18.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.62° / 2.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.91° / -3.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.13° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.