The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 9, 2015
Waning Crescent
40.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:23 AM
2:45 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.9%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 372,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1144
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 | 280.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.3° / 255.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 46m / 8.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.78° / -2.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.58° / 2.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.06° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.