The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 10, 1978
Waxing Crescent
23.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:08 AM
11:54 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.4%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 687
Events on this date
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Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 57.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.9° / 92.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 06m / 4.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 165.73° / -1.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.06° / 1.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.21° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.