The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 7, 2018
Waning Crescent
36.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:59 AM
3:06 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.2%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 381,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1181
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 286.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.1° / 248.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 06m / 7.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.75° / -5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.32° / 7.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.69° / -0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.4° |
| 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.