The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 4, 1909
Waning Gibbous
98.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:32 PM
6:00 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.1%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 372,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -167
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 | 195.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.0° / 297.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 01m / -24.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.52° / -3.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.57° / 4.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.57° / 0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.