The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 7, 2001
Waning Gibbous
96.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:46 PM
7:50 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.1%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 971
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 202.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.9° / 279.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 46m / -20.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.20° / -2.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.46° / 3.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.41° / 0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.