The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 3, 2071
Waxing Crescent
42.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:00 PM
12:34 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.0%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 378,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1837
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 80.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.4° / 81.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 10m / -0.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.57° / 0.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.17° / 0.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 106.44° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.