The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 1, 2012
Waxing Gibbous
93.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:06 PM
3:52 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.7%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 362,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1107
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,400 km.
Exact values
For Jul 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 150.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -70.7° / 21.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 38m / -21.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.02° / 0.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.38° / -0.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.35° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.