The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 1, 1998
First Quarter
49.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:35 PM
1:14 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.1%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 934
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jul 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 88.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.7° / 75.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 36m / -0.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.39° / 2.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.45° / -3.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 92.80° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.