The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 9, 2055
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:42 PM
6:51 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 389,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1639
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 | 188.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.1° / 295.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 52m / -19.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.33° / 1.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.43° / -1.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.99° / -0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.8° |
| 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.