The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Waning Gibbous
98.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:59 PM
7:12 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.6%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1070
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 193.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.6° / 289.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 11m / -20.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.46° / 0.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.71° / 0.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.02° / 0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.