The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 1, 2015
Full Moon
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:34 PM
5:51 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 375,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1144
Events on this date
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jul 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 174.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.8° / 319.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 16m / -18.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.93° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.25° / -6.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 0.56° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 307.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.