The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 1, 1959
Waning Crescent
17.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:07 AM
5:11 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.3%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 451
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,500 km.
Exact values
For Jul 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 311.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.6° / 231.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 14m / 14.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 50.10° / -3.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.68° / 4.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.73° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.