The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 1, 1999
Waning Gibbous
92.7% 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
11:06 PM
8:38 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.7%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 394,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 946
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 211.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.6° / 277.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 52m / -17.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.71° / 0.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.06° / -0.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.61° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.