The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 2, 2054
Waning Crescent
10.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:49 AM
6:08 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.5%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 374,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1626
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
22° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jul 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 322.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.9° / 213.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 10m / 15.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 63.52° / -5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.63° / 7.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.76° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.