The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 3, 1980
Waning Gibbous
68.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:17 AM
11:49 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.6%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 711
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 248.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.0° / 263.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 28m / -6.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.10° / -2.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.32° / 3.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.42° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.