The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 2, 1941
New Moon
55.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:18 PM
1:22 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.6%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 229
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.
-
Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jul 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 96.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.4° / 74.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 04m / -4.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.66° / 1.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.00° / -2.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.76° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.