The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 3, 2006
First Quarter
49.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:49 PM
12:57 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.9%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1033
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jul 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 89.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.2° / 80.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 40m / -5.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.31° / -1.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.39° / 1.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 86.97° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.