The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 3, 1956
Waning Crescent
26.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:57 AM
4:22 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.5%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 375,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 414
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 298.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.5° / 250.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 27m / 17.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.90° / 2.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.77° / -2.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.33° / -0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.