The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 3, 2007
Waning Gibbous
89.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:27 PM
9:09 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.5%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 378,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1045
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 217.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.8° / 273.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 29m / -16.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.31° / -1.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.27° / 2.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.40° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.