The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 3, 1950
Waning Gibbous
82.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:12 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.2%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 383,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 340
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 230.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.6° / 268.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 17m / -13.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.18° / -2.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.95° / 3.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.19° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.