The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 4, 1937
Waning Crescent
17.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:35 AM
5:34 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.0%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 363,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 179
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 311.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.4° / 239.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 23m / 20.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.73° / 1.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.78° / -2.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.78° / -0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.