The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 3, 2048
Waning Crescent
43.5% 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
12:54 AM
2:37 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.5%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 396,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1552
Events on this date
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Jul 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 277.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.0° / 261.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 07m / 12.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.10° / 4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.81° / -6.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.03° / -0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.