The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 9, 2027
Waxing Crescent
38.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:47 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.0%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 375,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1293
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 75.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.0° / 89.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 05m / -5.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.23° / -4.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.59° / 5.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.63° / 0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.