The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 2, 2191
Waxing Gibbous
76.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:44 PM
2:16 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.7%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 380,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3321
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jul 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 122.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.9° / 66.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 40m / -17.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 223.12° / -1.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.85° / 2.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.35° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.