The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 2, 1998
Waxing Gibbous
58.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:31 PM
1:43 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.5%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 934
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.
Exact values
For Jul 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 99.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.8° / 71.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 20m / -4.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.23° / 3.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.04° / -4.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.57° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.