The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 7, 1945
Waning Crescent
4.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:19 AM
7:26 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.6%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 371,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 278
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 335.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 71.0° / 187.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 19m / 21.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 80.53° / -1.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.49° / 2.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -151.85° / 0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.