The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 1, 1940
Waning Crescent
15.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:11 AM
5:25 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.8%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 393,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 216
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 313.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.8° / 229.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 26m / 15.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.04° / -3.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.34° / 4.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -138.16° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.