The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 3, 1923
Waning Gibbous
72.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:26 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.7%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 395,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 6
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 243.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.3° / 266.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 01m / -6.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.85° / -0.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.15° / 0.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.99° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.