The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 1, 2144
New Moon
0.4% 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
6:45 AM
9:16 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 384,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2740
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 5.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.4° / 122.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 08m / 17.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 106.19° / -4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.68° / 6.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 169.05° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 316.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.