The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 7, 2002
Waning Crescent
8.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:39 AM
6:42 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.7%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 388,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 983
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 325.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 68.2° / 214.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 39m / 21.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 71.11° / -0.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.53° / 1.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -151.03° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.