The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 10, 1979
Waning Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:43 PM
7:09 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 361,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 699
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 | 191.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.8° / 296.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 03m / -17.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.39° / 3.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.14° / -4.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.24° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.