The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 4, 2019
Waxing Crescent
4.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:03 AM
10:56 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.9%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 363,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1194
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 3.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 25.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.4° / 98.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 43m / 20.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.74° / 1.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.77° / -2.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.18° / -0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.