The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 2, 1955
Waxing Gibbous
94.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:14 PM
3:52 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.2%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 402
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,800 km.
Exact values
For Jul 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 152.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -72.8° / 20.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 41m / -23.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.01° / -1.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.78° / 1.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.53° / -0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.