The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 2, 2056
Waning Gibbous
70.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:23 AM
11:35 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.4%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 393,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1651
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 246.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.7° / 262.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 21m / -8.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.51° / -4.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.72° / 5.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.18° / -0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.