The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 9, 2019
First Quarter
52.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:00 PM
1:20 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.5%
- Age
- 6.9 days
- Distance
- 373,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1194
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Jul 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 92.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.1° / 74.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 22m / -2.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.93° / 5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.75° / -6.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 91.99° / -0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.