The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 7, 1988
Waning Crescent
37.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:15 AM
3:19 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.1%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 377,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 810
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 285.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.3° / 259.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 50m / 15.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.88° / 3.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.52° / -4.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.66° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.