The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 2, 2097
Last Quarter
50.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:14 AM
1:41 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.6%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 382,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 2158
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 269.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.7° / 256.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 45m / 2.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 11.04° / -2.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.12° / 3.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.64° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.