The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 2, 2154
Last Quarter
49.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:09 AM
1:48 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.8%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 394,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 2863
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jul 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.1° / 258.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 42m / 3.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 11.23° / -0.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.81° / 0.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.59° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.