The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 4, 1942
Waning Gibbous
57.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:49 AM
1:00 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.4%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 387,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 241
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 | 261.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.3° / 259.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 17m / -0.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.68° / -2.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.53° / 3.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.01° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.