The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 4, 1923
Waning Gibbous
63.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:27 AM
12:24 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.6%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 399,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 6
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 254.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.9° / 262.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 47m / -2.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.06° / -1.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.15° / 1.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.20° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.