The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 9, 2130
Waxing Crescent
15.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:02 AM
11:48 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.8%
- Age
- 4.1 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2567
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 2.2° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jul 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 46.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.6° / 91.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 28m / 12.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.09° / 2.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.30° / -3.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 134.71° / -0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.