The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 7, 1923
Waning Crescent
35.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:56 AM
3:12 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.3%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 6
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.
Exact values
For Jul 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 287.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.4° / 249.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 04m / 8.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.77° / -3.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.53° / 5.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -106.87° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.