The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 2, 1926
Last Quarter
48.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:31 AM
1:46 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.7%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 373,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 43
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 271.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.4° / 252.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 51m / -0.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 11.60° / -5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.74° / 7.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.84° / -0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.