The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 3, 2080
Waning Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:36 PM
7:06 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1948
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 196.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.7° / 279.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 09m / -24.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.02° / -4.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.75° / 6.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.60° / 1.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.