The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 7, 1975
Waning Crescent
3.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:38 AM
7:42 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.0%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 375,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 649
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 340.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 70.8° / 171.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 39m / 21.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 85.16° / -2.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.72° / 3.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -165.88° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.