The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 4, 2012
Waning Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:41 PM
7:09 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1107
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 | 191.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.7° / 295.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 45m / -17.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.98° / 4.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.09° / -4.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.22° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.