The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 10, 2143
Waning Crescent
5.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:11 AM
7:10 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.5%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 375,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2727
Events on this date
-
Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 333.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 69.9° / 192.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 23m / 20.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 81.25° / -2.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.17° / 3.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.03° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.