The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 3, 2145
Waxing Gibbous
98.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:02 PM
5:13 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.4%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 360,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2752
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,300 km.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 166.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.4° / 337.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 52m / -18.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.13° / 4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.02° / -6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.99° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.