The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 3, 2010
Waning Gibbous
59.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:13 AM
1:01 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.2%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1082
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.5° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 259.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.5° / 267.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 56m / 5.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.13° / 5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.94° / -6.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.41° / 0.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.