The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 10, 1999
Waning Crescent
8.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:54 AM
6:33 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.6%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 362,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 946
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 326.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.5° / 208.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 54m / 18.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 74.21° / -4.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.58° / 6.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -146.61° / -0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.