The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 2, 2048
Last Quarter
53.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:27 AM
1:35 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.5%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 391,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1552
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jul 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 266.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.8° / 265.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 20m / 7.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.57° / 5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.34° / -6.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.80° / -0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.