The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 3, 2000
Waxing Crescent
5.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:10 AM
10:57 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.2%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 360,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 959
Events on this date
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Mars, Mercury, and Venus gathered
All within 6.9° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 26.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.3° / 98.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 45m / 19.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.36° / 1.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.07° / -1.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.98° / -0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.