The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 1, 1948
Waning Crescent
30.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:08 AM
3:46 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.5%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 390,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 315
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 | 293.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.1° / 247.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 04m / 11.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.81° / -0.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.14° / 1.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.52° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.