The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 1, 2017
Waxing Gibbous
56.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:18 PM
1:39 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.4%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 395,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1169
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 97.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.4° / 71.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 10m / -3.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.26° / 4.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.09° / -5.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 88.99° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.