The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 2, 1933
Waxing Gibbous
69.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:59 PM
1:35 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.3%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 130
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jul 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 112.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.9° / 75.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 57m / -16.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.98° / -4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.44° / 6.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.13° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.