The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 9, 2061
Waning Gibbous
58.6% 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
12:31 AM
1:02 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.6%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 377,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1713
Events on this date
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Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jul 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 260.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.6° / 263.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 31m / 2.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.26° / -0.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.78° / 1.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.04° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.