The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 10, 2009
Waning Gibbous
90.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:50 PM
9:13 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.7%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1070
Events on this date
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Jupiter and Neptune close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 3.3° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 215.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.5° / 280.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 43m / -11.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 324.16° / 2.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.66° / -2.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.42° / 0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.