The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 10, 1940
Waxing Crescent
32.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:06 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.0%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 368,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 217
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 68.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.4° / 89.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 46m / -0.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.97° / -1.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.49° / 2.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.61° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.1° |
| 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.