The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 3, 2198
Waning Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:26 AM
8:25 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 401,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 3407
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 5.6° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 350.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 67.4° / 143.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 12m / 21.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 92.83° / -2.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.74° / 3.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.48° / -0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.