The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 3, 1983
Last Quarter
48.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:31 AM
1:48 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.5%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 393,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 748
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jul 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 271.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.0° / 253.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 56m / 0.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.98° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.35° / 6.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.26° / 0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.