The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 3, 1990
Waxing Gibbous
83.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:41 PM
2:23 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.0%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 835
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,300 km.
Exact values
For Jul 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 131.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.4° / 65.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 16m / -23.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 232.78° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.61° / 6.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.75° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.