The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 4, 2018
Waning Gibbous
66.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:31 AM
12:02 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.6%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1181
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 | 250.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.1° / 261.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 42m / -6.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.39° / -3.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.37° / 5.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.01° / -0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.