The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 4, 1917
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:06 PM
4:38 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 364,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -68
Events on this date
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 2:52 PM, is deepest at 4:38 PM and ends at 6:25 PM. Totality lasts from 3:50 PM to 5:27 PM. Not visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 177.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -72.6° / 340.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 41m / -23.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.44° / -0.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.71° / 0.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -0.96° / -0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.