The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 2, 1947
Waxing Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:55 PM
5:09 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 303
Events on this date
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 171.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -71.5° / 314.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 06m / -25.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.46° / -2.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.28° / 3.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.95° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.9° |
| 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.