The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 2, 1948
Waning Crescent
21.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:33 AM
4:53 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.4%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 384,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 315
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 305.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.7° / 242.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 53m / 16.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.69° / 0.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.34° / -0.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.76° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.