The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 1, 1937
New Moon
48.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:44 AM
2:01 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.7%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 374,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 179
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Jul 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 271.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.5° / 262.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 33m / 8.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.95° / 4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.44° / -5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.08° / -0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.