The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 1, 2023
Waxing Gibbous
95.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:46 PM
3:53 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.3%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 368,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1243
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jul 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 155.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -75.8° / 12.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 52m / -25.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.67° / -3.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.70° / 4.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.15° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.