The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 7, 2024
Waxing Crescent
3.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:32 AM
10:44 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.3%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 393,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1256
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 20.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.6° / 98.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 40m / 23.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.39° / 4.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.08° / -5.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 164.00° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.