The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 3, 1960
Waxing Gibbous
66.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:21 PM
1:59 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.2%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 375,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 464
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 108.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.6° / 67.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 58m / -8.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.49° / 3.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.70° / -4.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.74° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.