The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 9, 2011
Waxing Gibbous
65.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:41 PM
1:13 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.9%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1095
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 | 108.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.9° / 78.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 08m / -17.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.59° / -3.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.76° / 5.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.35° / -0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.