The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 7, 1959
Waxing Crescent
2.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:48 AM
9:57 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.7%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 393,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 452
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 | 18.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.8° / 111.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 17m / 15.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 123.09° / -4.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.24° / 6.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.77° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.