The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 4, 2013
Waning Crescent
11.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:24 AM
6:07 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.5%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1119
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 | 320.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.7° / 222.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 06m / 19.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 63.29° / -1.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.27° / 2.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.77° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.