The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 3, 2013
Waning Crescent
18.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:45 AM
5:13 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.3%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1119
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 309.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.4° / 237.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 16m / 17.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.37° / -0.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.41° / 1.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.52° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.