The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 4, 1951
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:01 AM
9:49 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.3 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 353
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Jul 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 3.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.4° / 110.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 10m / 26.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 105.60° / 4.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.98° / -5.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 174.85° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 232.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.