The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 4, 2001
Waxing Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:32 PM
5:12 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 397,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 971
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 | 169.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -70.3° / 324.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 08m / -23.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.87° / 0.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.20° / -0.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 15.17° / 0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.