The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 3, 2026
Waning Gibbous
87.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:28 PM
9:27 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.9%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1280
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 | 220.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.7° / 273.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 41m / -14.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.53° / -0.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.26° / 1.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.20° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.