The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 4, 1989
Waxing Crescent
2.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:23 AM
10:28 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.5%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 385,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 823
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 18.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.3° / 102.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 14m / 22.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.76° / 2.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.00° / -2.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 167.22° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.