The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 2, 2112
First Quarter
53.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:57 PM
1:35 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.1%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2344
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
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Mars at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 7.3° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 93.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.6° / 72.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 01m / -0.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.43° / 5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.45° / -6.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 82.18° / -0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.9° |
| 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.