The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 9, 2083
Waning Crescent
24.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:46 AM
4:51 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.4%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1985
Events on this date
-
Mars, Mercury, and Neptune gathered
All within 2.4° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury 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 | 301.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.4° / 254.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 59m / 22.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.75° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.73° / -6.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.68° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.