The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 9, 2001
Waning Gibbous
85.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:49 PM
9:46 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.7%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 971
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,600 km.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jul 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 224.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.4° / 270.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 22m / -14.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.93° / -4.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.35° / 5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.81° / 0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.