The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 9, 2009
Waning Gibbous
95.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:26 PM
8:13 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.4%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1070
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 204.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.2° / 284.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 58m / -16.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 312.28° / 1.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.23° / -1.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.22° / 0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.