The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 10, 2140
Waning Crescent
17.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:16 AM
5:44 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.5%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 366,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2690
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,600 km.
Exact values
For Jul 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 310.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.0° / 245.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 46m / 23.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 59.58° / 3.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.10° / -4.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.14° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.