The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 3, 1937
Waning Crescent
26.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:53 AM
4:22 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.7%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 366,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 179
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 297.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.4° / 251.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 23m / 17.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.21° / 3.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.29° / -3.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -121.54° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.