The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 3, 2164
Waxing Gibbous
98.3% 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
8:00 PM
5:12 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 359,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2987
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 165.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.4° / 338.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 52m / -18.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.05° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.25° / -6.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.18° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.3° |
| 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.