The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 4, 1900
First Quarter
47.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:36 PM
11:55 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.3%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -278
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jul 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 86.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.9° / 94.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 25m / -7.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.92° / -4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.96° / 6.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 91.24° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.