The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 10, 2079
Waxing Gibbous
89.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:40 PM
3:02 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.3%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1936
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,800 km.
Exact values
For Jul 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 141.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.5° / 50.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 33m / -25.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.43° / -3.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.62° / 4.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.55° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.