The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 1, 1970
Waning Crescent
4.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:55 AM
7:57 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.0%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 394,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 587
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 | 337.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 77.5° / 185.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 00m / 27.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 76.79° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.11° / -6.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -152.21° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.