The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 7, 2150
Waxing Gibbous
95.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:26 PM
4:19 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.5%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2814
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,000 km.
Exact values
For Jul 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 155.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -71.9° / 6.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 21m / -21.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.97° / 1.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.27° / -1.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.76° / 0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.0° |
| 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.