The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 4, 2010
Last Quarter
49.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:36 AM
2:00 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.6%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 398,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1082
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jul 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.4° / 264.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 40m / 10.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.24° / 5.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.95° / -6.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.63° / -0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.