The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 10, 1962
Waxing Gibbous
56.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:24 PM
1:31 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.6%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 401,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 489
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 | 97.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.6° / 73.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 42m / -5.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.43° / 5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.68° / -6.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.94° / -0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.