The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 2, 2051
Waning Crescent
34.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:42 AM
3:22 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.7%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1589
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,200 km.
Exact values
For Jul 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 288.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.9° / 251.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 47m / 11.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 28.77° / 0.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.53° / 0.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -107.67° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.