The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 2, 1966
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:30 PM
5:34 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 393,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 538
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jul 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 178.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.4° / 298.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 38m / -26.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.55° / -3.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.06° / 4.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 6.16° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 204.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.