The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 4, 1948
Waning Crescent
6.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:40 AM
7:16 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.7%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 372,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 315
Events on this date
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 330.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 73.0° / 208.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 44m / 24.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 72.74° / 2.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.33° / -3.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -156.25° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.