The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 9, 2044
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% 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
9:09 PM
5:11 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1503
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 | 173.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -70.8° / 305.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 52m / -27.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.55° / -4.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.53° / 6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 6.17° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 230.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.