The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 3, 1962
Waxing Crescent
3.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:42 AM
10:25 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.0%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 392,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 489
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 | 19.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.7° / 104.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 13m / 19.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.09° / -0.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.12° / 1.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 164.60° / -0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.