The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 3, 2016
Waning Crescent
1.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:30 AM
8:14 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.0%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 1156
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 | 349.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.6° / 149.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 07m / 18.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 91.60° / -4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.98° / 6.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -165.67° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.