The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 3, 1929
Waning Crescent
14.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:59 AM
5:49 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.7%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 364,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 80
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
22° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Mars and Neptune close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 315.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.5° / 233.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 35m / 19.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 56.21° / 0.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.68° / -0.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.19° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.