The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 2, 1962
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:46 AM
9:40 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 388,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 489
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 | 8.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.6° / 115.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 18m / 20.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 108.36° / -1.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.44° / 2.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 176.86° / -0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.