The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 4, 1918
Waning Crescent
15.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:40 AM
5:45 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.7%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 373,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -56
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 | 313.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.4° / 238.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 29m / 21.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 55.33° / 2.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.07° / -2.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.97° / -0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.