The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 10, 1942
Waning Crescent
7.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:09 AM
6:40 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.4%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 241
Events on this date
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Jul 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 328.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 66.2° / 201.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 04m / 17.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 76.73° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.37° / 6.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -147.42° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.7° |
| 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.