The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 2, 2003
Waxing Crescent
8.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:40 AM
11:36 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.8%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 386,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 996
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 34.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.5° / 90.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 14m / 21.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.45° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.81° / -6.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 140.31° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.