The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 4, 1980
Waning Gibbous
57.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:52 AM
12:58 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.5%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 711
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,600 km.
Exact values
For Jul 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 261.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.9° / 258.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 21m / -1.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.27° / -3.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.32° / 4.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.63° / -0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.