The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 2, 1950
Waning Gibbous
89.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:37 PM
9:01 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.6%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 377,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 340
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 | 217.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.9° / 271.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 25m / -18.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 317.78° / -3.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.82° / 4.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.99° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.