The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 9, 2195
Waxing Crescent
6.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:34 AM
10:38 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.2%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 360,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3371
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 28.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.2° / 102.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 14m / 14.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.34° / -1.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.66° / 1.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.18° / 0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.