The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 4, 1936
Full Moon
100.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:09 PM
5:56 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 15.4 days
- Distance
- 384,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 167
Events on this date
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Partial lunar eclipse
Part of the Moon passes through Earth's dark inner shadow. It starts at 12:26 PM, is deepest at 1:25 PM and ends at 2:23 PM. Not visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jul 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 179.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 1.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.8° / 305.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 50m / -22.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.66° / 0.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.38° / -0.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.26° / -0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.