The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 10, 1980
Waning Crescent
3.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:48 AM
7:36 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.2%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 379,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 711
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 | 339.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 68.9° / 173.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 53m / 19.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 88.45° / -4.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.94° / 5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -155.05° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.4° |
| 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.