The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 10, 2179
Waxing Crescent
37.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:48 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.8%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 369,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3173
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Mercury, and Saturn gathered
All within 4.5° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 75.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.1° / 90.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 07m / -6.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.12° / -4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.41° / 6.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.61° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.