The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Waning Crescent
3.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:04 AM
8:11 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.2%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 359,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1057
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
22° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,500 km.
Exact values
For Jul 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 339.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 77.2° / 173.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 15m / 27.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 80.01° / 4.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.02° / -5.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.84° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.