The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 9, 2076
First Quarter
52.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:00 PM
1:18 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.3%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 392,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1899
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jul 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 92.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.2° / 75.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 24m / -3.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.84° / 4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.92° / -5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.55° / 0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.