The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 9, 2101
Waxing Gibbous
97.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:20 PM
4:09 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.2%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 359,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2208
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,600 km.
Exact values
For Jul 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 161.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -77.3° / 344.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 53m / -27.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.46° / -4.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.34° / 5.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.17° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.