The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 3, 1979
Waxing Gibbous
60.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:42 PM
1:44 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.1%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 394,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 699
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jul 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 101.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.8° / 70.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 29m / -5.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.72° / 3.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.46° / -4.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.15° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.