The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 4, 2021
Waning Crescent
24.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:31 AM
4:25 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.6%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1218
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
22° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jul 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 300.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.0° / 242.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 47m / 13.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.60° / -2.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.01° / 3.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.11° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.