The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 7, 1951
Waxing Crescent
10.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:08 AM
11:16 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.0%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 399,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 353
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 36.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.2° / 94.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 38m / 15.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 141.56° / 1.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.19° / -2.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.10° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.