The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 3, 1955
Waxing Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:02 PM
4:40 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 402
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 162.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -73.1° / 343.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 33m / -23.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.83° / -0.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.77° / 0.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.34° / -0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.