The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 3, 2076
Waxing Crescent
5.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:04 AM
11:02 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.2%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1899
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 26.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.3° / 96.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 48m / 21.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.70° / 3.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.69° / -4.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.97° / 0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.