The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 7, 2016
Waxing Crescent
12.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:36 AM
11:14 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.0%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 387,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1157
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 | 40.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.4° / 97.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 52m / 11.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 146.41° / -1.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.73° / 2.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 145.32° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.