The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 10, 2051
Waxing Crescent
7.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:54 AM
10:27 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.1%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 390,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1590
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jul 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 30.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.1° / 105.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 20m / 10.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.97° / -4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.79° / 6.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.35° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.