The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 3, 2178
Waning Gibbous
88.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:03 PM
9:34 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.4%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3160
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 | 219.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.9° / 278.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 32m / -10.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 321.86° / 3.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.05° / -4.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.97° / -0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.