The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 10, 1993
Waning Gibbous
62.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:48 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.2%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 872
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.
Exact values
For Jul 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 255.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.1° / 270.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 08m / 6.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.36° / 4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.62° / -5.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.64° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.