The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 2, 1956
Waning Crescent
36.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:22 AM
3:16 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.6%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 382,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 414
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 | 285.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.9° / 256.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 33m / 13.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 26.44° / 3.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.17° / -4.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.10° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.