The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 1, 1928
Waxing Gibbous
98.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:14 PM
4:41 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.0%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 401,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 68
Events on this date
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Venus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jul 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 163.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -73.9° / 339.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 30m / -24.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.25° / -1.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.61° / 1.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.73° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.