The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 9, 2080
Waning Gibbous
56.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:33 AM
1:17 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.4%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 391,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1948
Events on this date
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 262.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.4° / 264.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 41m / 4.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 11.18° / 0.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.05° / -0.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.84° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.