The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 4, 2014
Waxing Crescent
41.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:03 PM
12:25 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.9%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 398,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1132
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 | 80.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.9° / 84.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 09m / -2.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.18° / -1.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.98° / 2.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 93.37° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.