The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 4, 1955
Waxing Gibbous
99.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:45 PM
5:33 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 402
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 | 173.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.4° / 314.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 25m / -22.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.71° / 0.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.26° / -0.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 4.14° / -0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.