The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 3, 2066
Waxing Gibbous
80.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:22 PM
2:13 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.6%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 366,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1775
Events on this date
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 127.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.9° / 66.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 05m / -21.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.81° / -4.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.82° / 5.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.76° / -0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.