The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 9, 2098
Waxing Gibbous
86.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:19 PM
2:46 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.9%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 395,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2171
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 | 137.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.2° / 57.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 12m / -24.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.65° / -3.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.89° / 4.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.96° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.