The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 10, 1970
Waxing Crescent
38.9% 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
12:50 PM
12:08 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.9%
- Age
- 7.0 days
- Distance
- 400,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 588
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 77.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.6° / 88.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 14m / -4.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.99° / -2.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.49° / 3.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 97.58° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.