The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 3, 1957
Waxing Crescent
40.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:57 PM
12:12 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.6%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 427
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 | 79.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.8° / 86.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 56m / -3.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.43° / -3.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.96° / 5.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.79° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.