The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 2, 1901
Waning Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:28 PM
5:52 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 389,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -266
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 188.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.3° / 320.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 19m / -17.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.84° / 4.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.35° / -5.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.77° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 57.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.