The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 3, 1936
Waxing Gibbous
98.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:24 PM
4:55 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.7%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 388,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 167
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 | 167.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -72.0° / 329.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 54m / -23.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.62° / -0.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.02° / 0.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.93° / -0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.