The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 4, 1903
Waxing Gibbous
77.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:36 PM
1:37 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.8%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 393,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -241
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 123.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.6° / 73.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 55m / -13.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 225.29° / 2.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.91° / -3.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.44° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.