The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 9, 2004
Last Quarter
46.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:09 AM
2:12 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.6%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 393,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1008
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jul 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.5° / 258.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 23m / 7.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.83° / -1.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.33° / 2.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.85° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.