The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 3, 1945
Waning Crescent
39.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:54 AM
2:42 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.7%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 278
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 282.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.5° / 249.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 34m / 4.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 23.40° / -5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.72° / 6.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.89° / 0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.