The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 7, 1919
Waxing Gibbous
73.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:21 PM
1:55 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.3%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -43
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,700 km.
Exact values
For Jul 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 117.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.3° / 70.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 36m / -17.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 222.16° / -1.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.96° / 2.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.51° / -1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.