The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 7, 1908
Waxing Gibbous
58.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:32 PM
12:41 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.7%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 391,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -179
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 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 99.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.2° / 82.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 40m / -5.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.03° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.84° / -6.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.21° / 0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.