The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 9, 2017
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:22 PM
6:40 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 401,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1169
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jul 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 185.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.1° / 300.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 38m / -18.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.14° / 2.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.49° / -3.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.64° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 55.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.