The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 9, 2072
Waning Crescent
39.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:37 AM
2:51 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.5%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 393,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1849
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 | 282.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.5° / 252.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 00m / 8.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.67° / -3.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.08° / 5.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.46° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.