The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 2, 2102
Waning Gibbous
94.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:49 PM
8:16 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.4%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 359,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2220
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 207.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.9° / 280.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 41m / -17.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.94° / 0.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.92° / -0.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.77° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.8° |
| 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.