The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 3, 1987
Waxing Crescent
43.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:06 PM
12:46 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.1%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 392,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 798
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jul 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 81.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.3° / 81.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 12m / -1.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.16° / 0.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.25° / -0.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.78° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.