The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 4, 1988
Waning Gibbous
70.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:02 AM
11:43 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.4%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 367,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 810
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 246.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.1° / 266.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 19m / -4.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.95° / 0.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.99° / 0.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.00° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.