The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 9, 2013
Waxing Crescent
1.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:35 AM
9:39 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.9%
- Age
- 1.4 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1120
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jul 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 14.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.1° / 115.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 15m / 14.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.60° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.48° / 6.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 161.98° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 301.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.