The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 3, 2053
Waning Gibbous
94.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:37 PM
8:32 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.0%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1614
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 208.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.9° / 283.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 48m / -14.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.42° / 3.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.83° / -3.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.40° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.