The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 2, 2061
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:33 PM
5:26 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 401,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1713
Events on this date
-
Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
-
Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 2.4° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 177.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.5° / 296.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 41m / -28.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.03° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.18° / 6.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -0.63° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 202.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.