The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 7, 2046
Waxing Crescent
16.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:15 AM
11:25 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.5%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 367,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1528
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,100 km.
Exact values
For Jul 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 47.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.1° / 95.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 18m / 7.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.48° / -2.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.02° / 3.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 131.31° / 0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.