The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 9, 2160
Waxing Crescent
39.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:59 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.5%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 373,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2938
Events on this date
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Uranus at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Jul 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 77.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.1° / 90.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 13m / -6.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.76° / -5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.23° / 6.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 108.42° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.