The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 3, 1997
Waning Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:21 AM
8:00 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 390,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 921
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 346.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 66.5° / 155.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 54m / 18.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 88.64° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.13° / 6.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.86° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.