The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 1, 2016
Waning Crescent
10.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:47 AM
6:08 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.6%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 366,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1156
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,000 km.
Exact values
For Jul 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 322.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.8° / 213.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 06m / 15.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 62.59° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.78° / 6.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -141.17° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.