The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 4, 2020
Waxing Gibbous
99.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:57 PM
5:24 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 377,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1206
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 | 173.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.8° / 313.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 28m / -23.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.41° / -0.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.42° / 1.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.37° / 0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.