The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 4, 1969
Waning Gibbous
69.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:07 AM
11:45 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.9%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 374,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 575
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 | 246.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.9° / 266.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 21m / -4.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.10° / -0.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.37° / 0.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.20° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.