The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 3, 2047
Waxing Gibbous
81.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:31 PM
2:17 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.7%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 366,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1540
Events on this date
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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 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 129.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.4° / 65.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 09m / -22.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.01° / -4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.55° / 5.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.57° / 0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.