The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 4, 1902
Waning Crescent
1.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:18 AM
7:08 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.2%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 358,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- -254
Events on this date
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Mercury, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 5.6° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,800 km.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 348.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 68.6° / 190.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 00m / 19.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.93° / -4.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.22° / 5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.81° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.