The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 9, 2106
Waxing Gibbous
65.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:29 PM
1:28 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.4%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 395,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2270
Events on this date
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Mars and Neptune close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 107.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.3° / 75.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 09m / -14.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.92° / -1.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.39° / 1.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.77° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.