The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 3, 2139
Waxing Crescent
43.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:14 PM
12:23 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.2%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2678
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Jul 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 82.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.9° / 85.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 06m / -5.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.48° / -4.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.06° / 6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 97.02° / 0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.