The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 9, 2144
Waxing Gibbous
66.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:36 PM
1:36 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.6%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2740
Events on this date
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Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,400 km.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 109.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.3° / 73.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 20m / -13.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.15° / 0.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.20° / -0.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.16° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.