The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 3, 1931
Waning Gibbous
86.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:49 PM
9:29 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.8%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 399,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 105
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 | 222.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.1° / 269.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 48m / -17.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.35° / -3.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.40° / 5.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.41° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.