The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 2, 2161
Waxing Gibbous
74.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:28 PM
2:01 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.5%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 374,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2950
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 119.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.3° / 68.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 29m / -16.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.42° / -1.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.41° / 2.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.38° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.