The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 10, 2177
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:59 PM
5:42 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3148
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 6:23 PM, is deepest at 8:18 PM and ends at 10:14 PM. Totality lasts from 7:31 PM to 9:05 PM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
Exact values
For Jul 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 176.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.0° / 308.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 06m / -23.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.19° / -0.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.01° / 1.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.98° / 0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.