The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 4, 1924
Waxing Crescent
5.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:23 AM
10:43 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.6%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 397,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 19
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 | 27.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.6° / 101.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 47m / 16.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.61° / -1.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.25° / 1.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 147.73° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.