The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 3, 2121
Waning Gibbous
88.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:13 PM
9:28 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.4%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 365,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2455
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,900 km.
Exact values
For Jul 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 219.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.5° / 277.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 33m / -11.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 321.68° / 2.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.88° / -2.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.78° / 0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.