The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 9, 2025
Waxing Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:43 PM
4:32 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 395,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1268
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 | 166.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -76.1° / 323.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 17m / -28.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.70° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.10° / 6.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.95° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.