The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 4, 1962
Waxing Crescent
7.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:40 AM
11:04 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.3%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 396,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 489
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 | 31.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.3° / 97.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 05m / 17.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.56° / 0.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.49° / -0.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.35° / -0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.