The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 4, 1945
Waning Crescent
28.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:25 AM
3:53 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.7%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 368,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 278
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,300 km.
Exact values
For Jul 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 295.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.0° / 243.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 28m / 9.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.72° / -4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.40° / 6.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.12° / 0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.