The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 7, 2022
Waxing Gibbous
56.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:26 PM
1:23 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.2%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 380,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1231
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 | 97.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.8° / 75.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 27m / -6.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.57° / 2.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.60° / -2.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.35° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.