The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 4, 1999
Waning Gibbous
69.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:17 AM
11:43 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.6%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 382,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 946
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 | 246.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.3° / 263.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 25m / -7.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.23° / -3.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.38° / 4.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.22° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.