The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 2, 1953
Waning Gibbous
64.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:05 AM
12:26 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.4%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 368,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 377
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 | 253.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.1° / 267.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 31m / 1.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.82° / 4.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.20° / -4.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.01° / 0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.