The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 10, 2003
Waxing Gibbous
87.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:11 PM
2:59 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.0%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 365,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 996
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,100 km.
Exact values
For Jul 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 137.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.5° / 51.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 14m / -21.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.56° / -0.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.49° / 1.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.52° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.