The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 31, 2009
Waxing Gibbous
76.1% 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
5:14 PM
1:29 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.1%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 401,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1071
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 121.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.3° / 78.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 31m / -25.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.03° / -4.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.86° / 5.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.72° / -0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.