The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 9, 2053
Waning Crescent
43.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:20 AM
2:26 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.8%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 379,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1614
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 | 277.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.0° / 255.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 38m / 6.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.20° / -3.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.42° / 4.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.66° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.