The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 3, 2098
Waxing Crescent
28.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:28 AM
12:10 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.1%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 368,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2171
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 63.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.0° / 84.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 13m / 8.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.14° / 2.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.22° / -3.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.27° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.