The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 2, 1945
Last Quarter
51.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:24 AM
1:32 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.2%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 278
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jul 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.8° / 253.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 42m / -1.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.15° / -5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.92° / 7.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.66° / 0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.