The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 3, 2004
Waning Gibbous
97.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:48 PM
7:04 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.6%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 360,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1008
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 197.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.4° / 278.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 10m / -25.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.15° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.84° / 6.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.62° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.