The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 3, 2040
Waning Crescent
27.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:19 AM
4:04 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.7%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 393,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1453
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 296.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.4° / 245.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 29m / 12.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.98° / -2.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.32° / 3.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -109.68° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.