The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 2, 1977
Waning Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:12 PM
7:58 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 365,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 674
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 | 201.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.6° / 289.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 12m / -14.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.87° / 4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.38° / -6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.21° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.