The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 7, 1961
Waning Crescent
24.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:38 AM
4:22 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.4%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 387,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 476
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 | 301.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.4° / 239.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 02m / 11.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 46.39° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.89° / 6.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -114.50° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.