The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 3, 1926
Waning Crescent
37.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:02 AM
2:54 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.6%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 376,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 43
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 284.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.6° / 247.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 42m / 4.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.45° / -5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.57° / 7.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.06° / -0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.