The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 7, 2051
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:48 AM
8:28 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 377,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1589
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.5° / 140.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 38m / 18.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 99.09° / -4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.86° / 6.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.89° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 54.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.