The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 10, 2006
Full Moon
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:18 PM
5:08 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1033
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jul 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 173.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -70.8° / 303.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 55m / -27.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.12° / -4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.81° / 6.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 1.55° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 226.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.