The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 2, 1944
Waxing Gibbous
85.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:33 PM
3:24 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.4%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 386,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 266
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 135.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.0° / 44.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 39m / -14.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 235.83° / 4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.52° / -5.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.73° / -0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.