The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 2, 1938
Waxing Crescent
30.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:51 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.0%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 374,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 192
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 | 66.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.2° / 90.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 02m / 0.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.28° / -4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.15° / 6.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 120.84° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.