The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 2, 1905
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:11 AM
7:56 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.5 days
- Distance
- 384,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -217
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Jul 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 359.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 67.6° / 159.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 41m / 19.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 99.68° / -4.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.67° / 5.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.55° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 8.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.