The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 7, 2107
Waning Gibbous
94.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:19 PM
8:30 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.6%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2282
Events on this date
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Jul 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 206.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.4° / 287.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 50m / -12.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.47° / 4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.40° / -6.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.19° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.