The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 2, 2004
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:57 PM
5:49 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 357,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1008
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jul 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.1° / 290.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 03m / -27.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.98° / -4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.02° / 6.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -1.43° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 146.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.