The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 4, 1947
Waning Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:26 PM
6:51 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 303
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 | 193.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.5° / 282.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 52m / -25.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.14° / -4.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.70° / 5.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.44° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.