The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 2, 1957
Waxing Crescent
29.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:48 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.5%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 367,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 427
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 | 65.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.7° / 90.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 02m / 1.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.13° / -4.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.84° / 6.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 117.03° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.