The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 7, 2047
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:25 PM
6:13 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 372,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1540
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 4:44 AM, is deepest at 6:34 AM and ends at 8:23 AM. Totality lasts from 5:43 AM to 7:24 AM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
Exact values
For Jul 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.8° / 299.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 20m / -21.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.46° / 0.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.36° / -0.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 1.79° / -0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.