The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 1, 1903
First Quarter
48.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:33 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.3%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 379,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -241
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 87.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.4° / 88.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 23m / -3.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.58° / -0.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.08° / 0.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 99.08° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.