The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 4, 2006
Waxing Gibbous
59.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:50 PM
1:17 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.4%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 399,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1033
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 | 100.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.2° / 77.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 23m / -11.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.30° / -2.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.67° / 3.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.76° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.