The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 3, 2185
Waxing Crescent
40.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:45 PM
12:48 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.4%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 389,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3247
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 78.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.6° / 79.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 10m / 2.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.10° / 3.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.77° / -4.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 108.04° / -0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.