The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 2, 2123
Waxing Gibbous
69.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:53 PM
1:39 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.2%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2480
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 112.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.5° / 74.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 58m / -15.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.93° / -3.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.38° / 4.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.97° / -0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.5° |
| 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.