The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 2, 1936
Waxing Gibbous
95.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:33 PM
4:01 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.4%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 392,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 167
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 155.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -74.3° / 10.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 58m / -24.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.86° / -1.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.39° / 2.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.12° / -0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.