The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 3, 1949
First Quarter
53.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:11 PM
1:14 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.9%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 328
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 94.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.1° / 76.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 59m / -5.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.69° / 0.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.48° / -0.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 86.16° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.