The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 2, 1983
Waning Gibbous
58.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:07 AM
12:48 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.4%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 398,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 748
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 260.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.0° / 256.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 11m / -4.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.62° / -5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.61° / 7.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.03° / 0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.5° |
| 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.