The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 4, 1931
Waning Gibbous
79.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:32 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.6%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 105
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 | 233.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.0° / 267.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 33m / -12.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.44° / -2.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.25° / 3.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.61° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.