The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 2, 2045
Waning Gibbous
90.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:16 PM
9:07 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.0%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1515
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,600 km.
Exact values
For Jul 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 216.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.3° / 275.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 23m / -15.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 318.12° / -0.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.65° / 0.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.78° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.