The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 10, 1971
Waning Gibbous
93.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:45 PM
8:31 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.7%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 600
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 | 209.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.6° / 281.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 17m / -15.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.80° / 0.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.57° / 0.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.82° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.