The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Waxing Gibbous
72.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:17 PM
1:42 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.1%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 392,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1070
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 116.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.3° / 74.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 08m / -18.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.17° / -5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.35° / 6.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.38° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.