The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 4, 1926
Waning Crescent
27.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:32 AM
4:00 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.4%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 380,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 43
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 | 297.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.4° / 241.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 33m / 9.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.04° / -4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.16° / 6.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.29° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.