The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 2, 1975
Waning Crescent
40.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:13 AM
2:48 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.8%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 399,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 649
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 280.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.1° / 258.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 12m / 11.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.92° / 3.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.71° / -4.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.67° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.