The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 1, 1942
Waning Gibbous
86.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:39 PM
9:45 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.1%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 368,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 241
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 223.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.6° / 273.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 40m / -12.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.08° / 1.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.60° / -1.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.39° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.