The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 2, 2156
Waxing Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:04 PM
4:50 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 367,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2888
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 170.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -73.4° / 311.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 10m / -28.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.12° / -4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.57° / 6.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 4.78° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.