The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 1, 1962
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:53 AM
8:49 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 385,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 488
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
22° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Jul 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 356.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.9° / 133.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 23m / 20.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.34° / -2.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.45° / 4.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.89° / -0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 51.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.