The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 6, 2009
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% 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
8:52 PM
5:13 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1070
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 172.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -70.4° / 313.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 30m / -25.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.85° / -2.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.39° / 2.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.37° / 0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.