The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 7, 1957
Waxing Gibbous
82.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:19 PM
2:39 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.0%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 384,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 427
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 | 129.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.9° / 58.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 31m / -18.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.91° / 0.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.14° / -0.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.93° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.