The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 2, 2070
Waning Crescent
36.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:39 AM
3:09 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.6%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 371,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1824
Events on this date
-
Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 285.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.7° / 252.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 40m / 9.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 26.85° / -0.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.68° / 0.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.46° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.