The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 9, 2007
Waning Crescent
28.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:35 AM
4:24 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.2%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 368,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1045
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,500 km.
Exact values
For Jul 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 296.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.3° / 256.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 37m / 20.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.17° / 4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.45° / -5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.69° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.