The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 3, 1995
Waxing Crescent
28.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:37 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.0%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 389,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 897
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 63.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.5° / 90.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 59m / 2.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 164.96° / -3.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.77° / 5.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.42° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.