The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 3, 1993
New Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:50 PM
5:47 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 385,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 872
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Jul 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 176.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.9° / 312.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 33m / -20.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.80° / 2.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.55° / -2.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.77° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.