The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 9, 1998
Full Moon
99.9% 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
9:00 PM
6:15 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 383,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 934
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jul 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 179.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.7° / 309.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 13m / -18.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.24° / 3.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.12° / -4.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.84° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 347.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.