The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 2, 1927
Waxing Crescent
12.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:20 AM
11:52 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.5%
- Age
- 3.4 days
- Distance
- 393,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 56
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
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Venus at greatest elongation
45° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Moon, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 4.0° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 41.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.6° / 89.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 39m / 18.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.93° / 4.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.29° / -5.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.30° / 0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.