The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 1, 1946
Waxing Crescent
8.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:40 AM
11:36 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.7%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 291
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 34.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.4° / 91.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 08m / 20.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.30° / 4.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.63° / -5.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 151.73° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.