The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 2, 1919
Waxing Crescent
26.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:27 AM
11:58 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.4%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 389,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- -43
Events on this date
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 61.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.3° / 91.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 43m / 2.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.35° / -5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.34° / 6.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 124.63° / -0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.1° |
| 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.