The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 3, 2002
Waning Crescent
41.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:49 AM
2:34 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.2%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 983
Events on this date
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Mars and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 280.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.3° / 250.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 27m / 4.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.89° / -4.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.54° / 5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.07° / 0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.