The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 3, 1975
Waning Crescent
31.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:43 AM
3:47 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.4%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 396,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 649
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 292.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.6° / 253.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 00m / 14.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.12° / 2.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.61° / -2.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.90° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.