The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 2, 1949
Waxing Crescent
42.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:59 PM
12:50 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.4%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 328
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,700 km.
Exact values
For Jul 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 81.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.0° / 79.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 09m / 1.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.55° / 1.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.63° / -2.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.38° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.