The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 3, 2173
Waning Crescent
35.7% 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
1:36 AM
3:21 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.7%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 386,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3098
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 286.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.7° / 254.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 45m / 12.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.02° / 1.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.27° / -1.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.63° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.