The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 7, 1996
Last Quarter
51.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:48 AM
1:43 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.4%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 380,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 909
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jul 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.2° / 260.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 53m / 5.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 14.29° / -0.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.44° / 0.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.03° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.