The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 3, 1969
Waning Gibbous
79.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:33 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.8%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 575
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 | 233.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.9° / 268.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 30m / -11.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.11° / -1.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.61° / 2.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.00° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.