The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 2, 2026
Waning Gibbous
93.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:03 PM
8:23 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.5%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 400,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1280
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 | 209.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.8° / 276.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 53m / -19.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.31° / -1.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.18° / 2.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.00° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.