The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:28 PM
6:11 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1070
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Penumbral lunar eclipse
The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly. It starts at 4:36 AM, is deepest at 5:38 AM and ends at 6:40 AM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.
Exact values
For Jul 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 183.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.5° / 297.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 21m / -23.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.67° / -1.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.15° / 1.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -2.83° / 0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.