The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 3, 2009
Waxing Gibbous
87.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:22 PM
2:49 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.7%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 400,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1070
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 139.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.9° / 55.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 51m / -24.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.93° / -4.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.50° / 6.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.96° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.