The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 9, 2000
Waxing Gibbous
61.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:55 PM
1:47 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.7%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 392,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 959
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 | 103.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.0° / 70.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 03m / -6.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.16° / 5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.87° / -6.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.56° / -0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.