The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 1, 2049
Waxing Crescent
2.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:31 AM
9:54 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.0%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1565
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
Exact values
For Jul 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 15.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.8° / 111.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 50m / 17.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 116.23° / -3.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.07° / 5.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 163.62° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.