The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 4, 1975
Waning Crescent
22.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:18 AM
4:48 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.5%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 391,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 649
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
22° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jul 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 303.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.1° / 245.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 51m / 17.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.59° / 1.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.22° / -1.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.14° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.