The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 9, 2177
Waxing Gibbous
98.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:21 PM
4:46 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.4%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3148
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 | 165.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -73.5° / 331.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 15m / -25.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.39° / -1.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.57° / 2.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.17° / 0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.