The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 9, 2139
Waxing Gibbous
93.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:26 PM
3:29 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.5%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 383,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2678
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 | 150.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -75.4° / 28.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 05m / -26.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.79° / -3.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.37° / 5.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.76° / 0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.