The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 4, 1916
Waxing Crescent
15.6% 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
9:03 AM
10:23 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.6%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 401,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -80
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 | 46.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.5° / 105.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 00m / 9.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.73° / -2.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.31° / 3.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 128.56° / 0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.