The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 1, 2178
Waning Gibbous
97.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:09 PM
7:34 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.6%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 401,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3160
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
45° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jul 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 197.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.8° / 287.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 58m / -18.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.97° / 2.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.64° / -2.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.57° / -0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.7° |
| 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.