The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 1, 1956
Last Quarter
47.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:51 AM
2:11 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.0%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 387,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 414
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jul 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.4° / 261.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 43m / 9.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.38° / 4.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.14° / -5.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.87° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.