The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 3, 2184
Waning Crescent
23.5% 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
2:43 AM
4:28 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.5%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 367,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 3234
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,400 km.
Exact values
For Jul 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 302.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.0° / 238.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 55m / 11.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.75° / -4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.63° / 6.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.09° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.