The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 2, 2066
Waxing Gibbous
70.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:09 PM
1:35 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.7%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 371,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1775
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jul 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 114.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.8° / 74.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 06m / -17.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.53° / -4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.78° / 6.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.96° / -0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.