The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 3, 2055
Waxing Gibbous
69.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:42 PM
2:21 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.8%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 372,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1639
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 | 113.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.0° / 63.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 18m / -8.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.10° / 5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.33° / -6.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.19° / -0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.