The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 10, 2004
Waning Crescent
36.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:32 AM
3:15 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.8%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 397,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1008
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 285.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.8° / 255.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 08m / 12.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.16° / -0.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.55° / 0.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.07° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.