The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 3, 1918
Waning Crescent
24.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:59 AM
4:36 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.8%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 371,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -56
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 | 300.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.8° / 250.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 31m / 18.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.33° / 3.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.08° / -4.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -117.73° / -0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.