The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 9, 2016
Waxing Crescent
28.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:36 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.0%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1157
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 63.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.7° / 88.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 30m / 3.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 171.60° / 0.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.57° / -0.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 120.84° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.