The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 2, 1908
Waxing Crescent
14.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:36 AM
10:56 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.3%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -179
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,600 km.
Exact values
For Jul 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 44.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.1° / 98.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 53m / 17.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 144.60° / 4.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.67° / -5.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 134.37° / 0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.