The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 4, 1993
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:30 PM
6:50 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 389,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 872
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 3.7° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 188.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.2° / 298.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 28m / -18.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.81° / 3.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.20° / -3.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.43° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.