The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 2, 1987
Waxing Crescent
33.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:04 PM
12:25 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.5%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 397,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 798
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 | 70.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.9° / 83.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 28m / 4.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 170.81° / 1.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.38° / -1.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.00° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.