The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 4, 2009
Waxing Gibbous
93.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:18 PM
3:31 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.3%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1070
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 150.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -74.6° / 30.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 44m / -26.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.02° / -3.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.26° / 5.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.76° / 0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.