The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 7, 1992
Waxing Gibbous
56.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:39 PM
12:44 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.2%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 378,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 860
Events on this date
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Uranus at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Jul 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 97.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.1° / 83.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 17m / -13.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.78° / -4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.40° / 6.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.37° / -0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.