The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 2, 2198
Waning Crescent
3.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:35 AM
7:41 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.2%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3407
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 2.4° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 339.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 71.6° / 173.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 20m / 21.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 80.83° / -1.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.71° / 1.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.23° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.