The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 10, 1998
Waning Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:47 PM
7:14 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 379,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 934
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 192.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.3° / 294.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 09m / -17.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.64° / 2.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.08° / -3.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.03° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.