The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 7, 2011
Waxing Crescent
43.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:19 PM
12:08 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.2%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1095
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,600 km.
Exact values
For Jul 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 81.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.7° / 87.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 18m / -7.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.19° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.88° / 6.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 97.79° / -0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.