The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 3, 1909
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:41 PM
4:57 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 375,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -167
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -72.3° / 322.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 00m / -25.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.60° / -2.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.11° / 3.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.38° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 132.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.