The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 1, 1996
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:26 PM
6:48 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 358,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 909
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,900 km.
Exact values
For Jul 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 187.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.3° / 301.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 12m / -17.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.24° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.12° / -6.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.83° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 48.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.