The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 2, 1951
Waning Crescent
2.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:14 AM
8:19 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.7%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 352
Events on this date
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Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,600 km.
Exact values
For Jul 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 341.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 77.6° / 163.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 23m / 28.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 81.87° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.27° / -6.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.65° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.