The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 3, 2108
Waning Crescent
29.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:14 AM
3:53 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.0%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 398,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 2294
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 294.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.6° / 245.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 22m / 11.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.87° / -2.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.97° / 3.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.07° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.