The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 7, 2074
Waxing Gibbous
98.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:10 PM
5:04 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.4%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 363,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1874
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 165.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.5° / 336.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 07m / -20.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.64° / 2.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.24° / -3.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.57° / -0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.