The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 10, 1959
Waxing Crescent
20.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:51 AM
11:43 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.9%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 382,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 452
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 54.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.9° / 94.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 50m / 5.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.91° / -2.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.63° / 3.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 120.04° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.