The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 1, 2021
Last Quarter
52.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:22 AM
1:26 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.3%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1218
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jul 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 267.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.9° / 254.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 35m / -1.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.58° / -4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.22° / 6.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.42° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.