The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 3, 1942
Waning Gibbous
67.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:16 AM
11:58 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.6%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 380,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 241
Events on this date
-
Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 249.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.5° / 263.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 28m / -4.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.60° / -1.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.62° / 1.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.80° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.