The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 1, 1922
First Quarter
46.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:27 PM
12:52 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.8%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -6
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 86.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.1° / 79.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 19m / -1.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.25° / 0.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.07° / 0.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 95.78° / -1.51° |
| 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.