The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 2, 2015
Waning Gibbous
99.4% 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
9:26 PM
6:50 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 372,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1144
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 187.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.0° / 300.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 15m / -17.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.94° / 4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.58° / -6.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.63° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 50.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.