The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 2, 1996
Waning Gibbous
96.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:15 PM
7:58 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.4%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 358,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 909
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 201.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.5° / 288.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 15m / -15.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.48° / 4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.78° / -5.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.02° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.1° |
| 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.