The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 3, 2017
Waxing Gibbous
74.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:13 PM
2:39 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.7%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1169
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 | 119.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.5° / 59.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 43m / -10.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 221.56° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.84° / -6.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.56° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.