The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 7, 1990
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:07 PM
5:28 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 398,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 835
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.0° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jul 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 175.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.2° / 305.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 48m / -25.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.84° / -2.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.66° / 3.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 0.95° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 236.8° |
| 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.