The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 1, 2055
First Quarter
47.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:25 PM
1:13 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.5%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1639
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 86.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.7° / 75.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 32m / 1.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.79° / 4.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.54° / -5.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 93.63° / -0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.1° |
| 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.