The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 4, 1981
Waxing Crescent
10.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:11 AM
11:28 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.5%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 378,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 724
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 | 37.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.6° / 93.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 33m / 16.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.28° / 1.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.07° / -1.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 148.52° / -0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.