The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 1, 2006
Waxing Crescent
31.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:50 AM
12:19 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.4%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1033
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.
Exact values
For Jul 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 67.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.3° / 84.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 16m / 5.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 167.66° / 0.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.44° / -1.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.43° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.