The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 2, 1909
Waxing Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:42 PM
4:04 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 379,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -167
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 169.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -74.7° / 7.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 00m / -24.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.96° / -1.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.33° / 1.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 4.81° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.