The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 2, 2036
Waxing Gibbous
70.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:42 PM
2:22 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.0%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 386,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1404
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Jul 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 113.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.1° / 63.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 17m / -8.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.90° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.28° / -6.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.99° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.