The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 3, 1913
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:00 AM
8:13 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 371,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Auriga
- Lunation number
- -118
Events on this date
-
Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jul 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 78.1° / 171.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 20m / 28.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 94.42° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.71° / -6.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -178.04° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 127.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.