The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 7, 2103
Waxing Crescent
9.8% 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
9:18 AM
10:51 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.8%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2233
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 36.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.9° / 100.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 31m / 11.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 141.32° / -3.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.42° / 4.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 144.35° / -0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.