The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 3, 1954
Waxing Crescent
11.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:31 AM
11:07 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.7%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 386,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 390
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 39.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.3° / 97.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 29m / 11.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.90° / -3.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.45° / 4.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 145.91° / 0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.