The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 2, 1973
Waxing Crescent
7.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:41 AM
10:45 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.0%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 364,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 625
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 30.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.0° / 101.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 51m / 14.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.12° / -2.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.61° / 4.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.35° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.