The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 7, 2163
Waxing Crescent
32.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:07 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.3%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 385,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2975
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jul 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 69.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.6° / 89.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 36m / -0.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.59° / -2.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.75° / 3.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.02° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.