The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 7, 2199
Waxing Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:25 PM
5:29 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 357,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3420
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,000 km.
Exact values
For Jul 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 170.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.3° / 324.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 28m / -19.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.70° / 3.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.34° / -4.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.97° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.