The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 3, 2135
Last Quarter
47.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:16 AM
2:00 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.8%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2628
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,100 km.
Exact values
For Jul 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.3° / 257.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 53m / 4.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 14.08° / -0.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.28° / 1.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.02° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.