The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 9, 1996
Waning Crescent
30.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:57 AM
3:46 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.9%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 390,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 909
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 | 292.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.5° / 249.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 35m / 12.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 40.28° / -2.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.24° / 3.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.48° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.