The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 2, 2042
Waxing Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:08 PM
4:57 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 384,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1478
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 | 171.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -73.0° / 309.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 12m / -28.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.56° / -4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.42° / 6.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.16° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 239.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.