The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 3, 2137
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:59 PM
5:59 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 357,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2653
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,000 km.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 184.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.2° / 289.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 14m / -26.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.60° / -4.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.71° / 5.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.60° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 129.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.