The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 7, 2105
Waning Crescent
21.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:14 AM
5:00 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.6%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 365,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2257
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 304.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.8° / 245.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 10m / 19.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 50.22° / 1.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.81° / -1.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.93° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.