The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 3, 1999
Waning Gibbous
78.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:39 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.9%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 386,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 946
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 | 234.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.8° / 267.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 35m / -11.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 336.14° / -2.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.23° / 2.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.01° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.