The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 3, 1961
Waning Gibbous
66.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:21 AM
12:03 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.5%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 476
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 | 250.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.4° / 262.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 35m / -5.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.27° / -2.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.04° / 2.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.61° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.6° |
| 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.