The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 4, 1958
Waning Gibbous
87.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:08 PM
9:44 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.3%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 393,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 439
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 | 221.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.1° / 278.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 38m / -9.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.77° / 4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.99° / -5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.80° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.