The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 4, 1952
Waxing Gibbous
88.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:37 PM
2:48 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.6%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 365
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 | 140.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.7° / 54.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 01m / -25.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.27° / -5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.98° / 6.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.94° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.