The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 3, 1924
Waxing Crescent
2.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:28 AM
10:03 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.0%
- Age
- 1.4 days
- Distance
- 400,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 19
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 15.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.5° / 109.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 56m / 18.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 117.37° / -2.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.42° / 3.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.98° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.