The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 1, 1971
Waxing Gibbous
58.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:46 PM
1:08 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.7%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 600
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 | 99.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.6° / 79.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 03m / -11.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.11° / -4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.27° / 6.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.97° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.