The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 3, 1981
Waxing Crescent
4.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:05 AM
10:48 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.7%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 373,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 724
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 24.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.4° / 100.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 36m / 19.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.55° / 0.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.44° / -0.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 160.77° / -0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.