The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 4, 1920
Waning Gibbous
90.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:51 PM
9:19 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.0%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 399,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -31
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 | 216.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.5° / 281.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 19m / -10.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 318.93° / 5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.64° / -6.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.44° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.