The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 2, 1939
Waning Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:35 PM
7:09 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 204
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 | 191.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.2° / 296.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 28m / -17.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.99° / 4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.99° / -6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.62° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 58.8° |
| 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.