The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 7, 1979
Waxing Gibbous
93.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:51 PM
4:13 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.5%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 372,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 699
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 150.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.0° / 17.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 00m / -17.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.63° / 5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.78° / -6.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.33° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.3° |
| 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.