The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 4, 1992
Waxing Crescent
23.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:09 AM
11:44 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.5%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 365,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 860
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 | 57.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.5° / 93.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 41m / 3.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.61° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.78° / 6.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 126.06° / -0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.