The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 2, 2186
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:50 PM
6:48 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3259
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.
Exact values
For Jul 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 189.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.9° / 292.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 27m / -21.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.31° / 0.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.44° / -0.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.19° / -0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.