The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 3, 1928
Waning Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:59 PM
6:17 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 396,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 68
Events on this date
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Mars and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 186.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.5° / 289.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 19m / -25.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.71° / -3.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.87° / 4.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.66° / 0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.