The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 3, 1951
Waning Crescent
0.6% 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
5:04 AM
9:08 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 352
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 352.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 71.8° / 126.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 17m / 28.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.73° / 4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.14° / -5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -172.90° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 124.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.