The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 3, 2020
Waxing Gibbous
97.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:55 PM
4:34 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.1%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 373,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1206
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 | 160.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -72.7° / 351.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 28m / -22.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.62° / 0.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.05° / -0.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.56° / 0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.1° |
| 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.