The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 9, 2087
Waxing Gibbous
67.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:46 PM
1:34 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.8%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2035
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.
Exact values
For Jul 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 110.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.3° / 74.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 23m / -15.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.46° / -1.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.90° / 1.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.34° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.