The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 3, 2146
Waning Crescent
24.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:37 AM
4:20 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.6%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 396,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2764
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 300.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.1° / 239.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 45m / 11.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 42.56° / -3.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.57° / 5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -114.46° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.