The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 3, 1904
Waning Gibbous
70.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:28 PM
10:37 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.9%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -229
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,700 km.
Exact values
For Jul 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 245.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.4° / 276.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 11m / -4.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.75° / 0.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.42° / -0.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.92° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.