The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 9, 2171
Waxing Crescent
39.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:46 PM
12:38 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.7%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 373,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3074
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 77.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.7° / 81.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 25m / 1.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.36° / 3.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.75° / -4.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.19° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.6° |
| 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.