The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 4, 1946
Waxing Crescent
34.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:06 PM
12:41 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.6%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 388,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 291
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 | 71.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.3° / 79.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 46m / 7.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.94° / 5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.96° / -6.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.00° / 0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.