The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 7, 1956
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:33 AM
8:34 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 358,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 414
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 352.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.9° / 140.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 34m / 20.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 97.98° / -2.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.67° / 3.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.33° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.