The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 2, 2031
Waxing Gibbous
93.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:00 PM
3:52 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.3%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 361,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1342
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 | 149.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.8° / 23.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 36m / -20.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.51° / 1.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.33° / -1.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.55° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.