The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 1, 1944
Waxing Gibbous
77.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:30 PM
2:52 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.4%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 391,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 266
Events on this date
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Mercury 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 | 123.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.2° / 56.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 48m / -10.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 222.96° / 5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.08° / -6.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.93° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.