The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 2, 2021
Waning Crescent
42.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:45 AM
2:26 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.5%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 400,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1218
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 | 278.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.9° / 251.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 19m / 3.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.78° / -4.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.33° / 5.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.65° / 0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.