The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 2, 1904
Waning Gibbous
79.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:58 PM
9:41 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.0%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -229
Events on this date
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Mars, Mercury, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 7.3° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 234.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.6° / 280.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 25m / -8.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 334.95° / 1.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.95° / -1.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.71° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.