The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 10, 1946
Waxing Gibbous
87.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:07 PM
3:16 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.7%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 291
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,400 km.
Exact values
For Jul 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 138.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.1° / 46.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 20m / -20.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.71° / 1.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.06° / -1.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.70° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.