The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 3, 2078
Waning Crescent
38.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:42 AM
2:53 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.9%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1923
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 | 282.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.7° / 252.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 36m / 7.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.10° / -2.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.98° / 2.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.06° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.