The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 1, 2026
Waning Gibbous
97.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:35 PM
7:20 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.4%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1280
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 198.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.6° / 280.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 04m / -23.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.22° / -2.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.94° / 3.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.81° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.6° |
| 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.