The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 2, 2017
Waxing Gibbous
66.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:16 PM
2:08 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.0%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 399,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1169
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 | 108.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.7° / 66.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 56m / -6.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.50° / 4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.06° / -5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.77° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.