The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 4, 1908
Waxing Crescent
29.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:33 AM
11:51 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.9%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -179
Events on this date
-
Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jul 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 66.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.1° / 91.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 25m / 9.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 168.32° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.11° / -6.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.89° / 0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.