The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 1, 2010
Waning Gibbous
76.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:50 PM
11:04 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.8%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1082
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,000 km.
Exact values
For Jul 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 237.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.4° / 272.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 30m / -4.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.32° / 4.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.42° / -5.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.98° / 0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.