The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 4, 1961
Last Quarter
55.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:57 AM
1:11 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.5%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 374,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 476
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jul 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 263.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.2° / 258.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 28m / -0.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.26° / -3.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.88° / 4.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.82° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.