The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 4, 2017
Waxing Gibbous
82.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:09 PM
3:10 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.5%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1169
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 | 130.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.6° / 50.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 30m / -13.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 233.50° / 5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.49° / -6.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.35° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.