The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 2, 2008
New Moon
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:11 AM
9:10 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 360,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1057
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Jul 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 70.1° / 126.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 23m / 26.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.09° / 3.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.17° / -4.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -172.09° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 122.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.