The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 2, 2188
Waxing Gibbous
59.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:41 PM
1:48 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.8%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3284
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,600 km.
Exact values
For Jul 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 101.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.4° / 70.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 31m / -4.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.87° / 4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.44° / -5.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.18° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.