The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 2, 2009
Waxing Gibbous
80.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:21 PM
2:13 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.6%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1070
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 127.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.1° / 67.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 59m / -22.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 228.66° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.54° / 6.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.17° / 0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.