The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 3, 1900
Waxing Crescent
37.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:39 AM
11:28 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.9%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -278
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.
Exact values
For Jul 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 75.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.2° / 97.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 41m / -3.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.04° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.32° / 6.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.46° / -0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.