The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 4, 1979
Waxing Gibbous
69.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:42 PM
2:15 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.8%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 389,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 699
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 | 113.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.3° / 64.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 18m / -9.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.32° / 4.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.14° / -5.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.93° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.