The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 7, 2143
Waning Crescent
27.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:56 AM
4:12 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.9%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 391,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2727
Events on this date
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Venus and Mars close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 296.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.0° / 250.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 36m / 16.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.75° / 0.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.58° / -0.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.30° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.