The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 2, 2104
Waxing Gibbous
70.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:04 PM
1:42 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.6%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2245
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 | 114.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.4° / 73.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 06m / -17.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.27° / -4.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.29° / 5.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.55° / -0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.