The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 3, 2018
Waning Gibbous
75.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:01 AM
11:03 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.4%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 400,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1181
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 239.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.5° / 265.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 55m / -10.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 341.23° / -3.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.33° / 4.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.80° / -0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.6° |
| 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.