The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 3, 1947
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:44 PM
5:57 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 303
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Jul 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.9° / 293.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 59m / -26.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.30° / -3.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.22° / 4.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -2.24° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 144.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.