The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 2, 1937
Waning Crescent
37.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:16 AM
3:11 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.5%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 179
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 284.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.9° / 257.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 26m / 13.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.94° / 4.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.52° / -4.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -109.30° / -0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.