The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 2, 1993
Waxing Gibbous
98.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:03 PM
4:48 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.0%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 381,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 872
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 | 163.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -71.6° / 341.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 37m / -22.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.56° / 1.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.71° / -1.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.96° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.