The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 1, 1954
Waxing Crescent
1.7% 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
7:13 AM
10:06 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.7%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 376,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 390
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 14.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.3° / 108.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 44m / 20.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 114.16° / -0.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.85° / 1.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.41° / 0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.