The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 9, 2079
Waxing Gibbous
82.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:39 PM
2:31 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.8%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1936
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 | 130.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.0° / 63.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 43m / -22.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 238.61° / -2.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.14° / 3.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.75° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.