The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 2, 2002
Last Quarter
50.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:26 AM
1:35 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.7%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 983
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jul 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 269.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.7° / 254.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 44m / -0.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.99° / -4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.35° / 6.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.84° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.