The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 3, 2008
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:26 AM
9:58 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 362,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1058
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 7.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.8° / 109.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 28m / 24.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 110.03° / 2.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.15° / -3.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.65° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.