The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 3, 1906
Waxing Gibbous
91.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:24 PM
2:53 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.1%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 361,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -204
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 145.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.0° / 53.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 21m / -16.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.28° / 4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.37° / -5.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.63° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.