The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Waning Crescent
20.9% 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
2:06 AM
5:12 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.9%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 383,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1082
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 | 305.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.9° / 249.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 10m / 22.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.20° / 4.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.11° / -5.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.34° / -0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.