The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 3, 2015
Waning Gibbous
96.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:12 PM
7:55 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.6%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1144
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 | 200.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.2° / 289.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 14m / -15.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.18° / 4.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.68° / -5.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.82° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.