The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 4, 1943
Waxing Crescent
4.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:02 AM
10:32 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.1%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 254
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.
Exact values
For Jul 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 23.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.4° / 103.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 29m / 18.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.08° / -1.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.15° / 1.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.17° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.