The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 7, 2073
Waxing Crescent
6.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:39 AM
10:52 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.8%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 373,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1862
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 30.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.5° / 100.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 14m / 15.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.25° / -0.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.94° / 0.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.16° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.8° |
| 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.