The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 3, 1952
Waxing Gibbous
80.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:24 PM
2:10 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.5%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 376,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 365
Events on this date
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 127.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.2° / 68.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 01m / -22.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.30° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.63° / 6.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.14° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.