The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 9, 2006
Waxing Gibbous
97.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:22 PM
4:05 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.0%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 374,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1033
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 | 160.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -78.3° / 345.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 51m / -28.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.02° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.55° / 6.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.74° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.