The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 10, 1981
Waxing Gibbous
64.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:13 PM
1:57 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.8%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 724
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 | 107.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.5° / 69.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 20m / -8.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.45° / 5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.11° / -6.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.13° / -0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.