The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 9, 1999
Waning Crescent
16.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:09 AM
5:23 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.5%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 363,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 946
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 | 312.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.9° / 229.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 53m / 15.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 59.39° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.48° / 6.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.36° / -0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.