The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 9, 2012
Waning Gibbous
63.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:37 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.8%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 395,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1107
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Jul 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 254.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.2° / 270.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 00m / 4.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.96° / 4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.95° / -5.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.22° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.