The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 1, 1912
Waning Gibbous
95.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:02 PM
6:38 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.7%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -130
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.
Exact values
For Jul 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 203.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.9° / 287.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 26m / -24.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.99° / -4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.85° / 6.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.93° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.