The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 4, 1940
Waning Crescent
1.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:31 AM
8:12 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.0%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 379,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 216
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 349.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.5° / 149.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 09m / 18.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 92.16° / -4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.14° / 6.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.91° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.