The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 7, 2020
Waning Gibbous
93.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:13 PM
8:27 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.2%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 390,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1206
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Jul 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 210.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.1° / 275.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 19m / -19.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.18° / -3.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.13° / 5.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.21° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.