The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 2, 1980
Waning Gibbous
78.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:41 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.7%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 711
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 | 235.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.5° / 267.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 33m / -10.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.98° / -1.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.21° / 1.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.21° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.