The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 1, 1926
Waning Gibbous
60.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:00 AM
12:37 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.1%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 43
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 258.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.0° / 256.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 59m / -5.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.50° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.71° / 6.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.62° / -0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.