The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 1, 2169
New Moon
50.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:42 PM
1:27 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.5%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 375,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3049
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.
Exact values
For Jul 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 90.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.8° / 73.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 47m / 0.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.66° / 5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.66° / -6.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 95.22° / 0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.