The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 2, 1969
Waning Gibbous
88.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:41 PM
9:16 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.3%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 363,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 575
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 | 220.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.3° / 271.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 36m / -17.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.65° / -2.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.43° / 3.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.80° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.