The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 2, 1960
Waxing Gibbous
55.5% 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
2:16 PM
1:25 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.5%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 381,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 464
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 | 96.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.1° / 74.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 06m / -4.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.96° / 2.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.94° / -2.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.95° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.