The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 2, 2143
Waning Gibbous
74.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:57 PM
11:23 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.3%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2727
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,700 km.
Exact values
For Jul 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 240.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.9° / 271.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 44m / -2.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 341.45° / 4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.20° / -6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.19° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.