The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 3, 2179
Waning Crescent
1.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:52 AM
8:04 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.9%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 384,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3172
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
22° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 3.8° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 7.8° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 344.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 71.0° / 158.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 43m / 22.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 86.13° / -1.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.31° / 1.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.66° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.