The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 9, 2108
Waxing Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:01 AM
9:23 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 371,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2295
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jul 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 8.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.5° / 120.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 49m / 16.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 116.23° / -4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.42° / 6.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 167.44° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 309.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.