The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 3, 1994
Waning Crescent
24.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:14 AM
4:32 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.3%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 884
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,700 km.
Exact values
For Jul 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 301.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.6° / 246.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 39m / 16.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 42.59° / 0.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.25° / -0.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.72° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.