The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 9, 2042
Waning Gibbous
56.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:39 AM
1:12 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.6%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1478
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,600 km.
Exact values
For Jul 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 262.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.5° / 262.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 39m / 2.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.10° / -1.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.74° / 1.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.23° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.