The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 4, 1987
First Quarter
53.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:10 PM
1:06 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.3%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 387,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 798
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jul 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 93.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.0° / 78.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 57m / -6.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.82° / -0.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.86° / 1.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.55° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.