The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 9, 2005
Waxing Crescent
9.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:54 AM
11:19 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.0%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1021
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 34.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.6° / 93.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 44m / 18.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.13° / 4.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.21° / -5.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.31° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.