The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 9, 2022
Waxing Gibbous
77.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:49 PM
2:16 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.1%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 368,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1231
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 | 122.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.5° / 65.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 11m / -17.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.10° / 0.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.75° / 0.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.93° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.