The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 7, 2052
Waxing Gibbous
83.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:20 PM
3:02 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.2%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1602
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,200 km.
Exact values
For Jul 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 131.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.8° / 52.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 46m / -15.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 237.81° / 3.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.14° / -4.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.15° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.