The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 2, 2006
Waxing Crescent
40.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:49 PM
12:38 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.4%
- Age
- 7.0 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1033
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 78.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.3° / 82.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 58m / 0.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.46° / -0.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.99° / 0.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 99.20° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.