The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 7, 1954
First Quarter
46.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:37 PM
12:19 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.3%
- Age
- 7.1 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 390
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jul 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 85.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.1° / 87.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 31m / -9.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.60° / -5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.55° / 7.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 96.96° / 0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.