The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 4, 2003
Waxing Crescent
24.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:57 AM
12:07 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.3%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 379,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 996
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 | 58.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.5° / 83.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 58m / 12.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.03° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.34° / -6.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.82° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.9° |
| 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.