The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 2, 1989
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:06 AM
9:08 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 376,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 822
Events on this date
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
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Neptune at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Jul 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 71.1° / 127.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 17m / 27.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.85° / 4.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.11° / -5.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.28° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 121.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.