The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 3, 1920
Waning Gibbous
95.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:19 PM
8:22 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.0%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -31
Events on this date
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Venus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jul 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 205.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.8° / 286.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 31m / -13.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.78° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.53° / -6.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.24° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.