The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 4, 2023
Waning Gibbous
97.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:46 PM
7:02 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.7%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 360,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1243
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,100 km.
Exact values
For Jul 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 196.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.7° / 279.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 09m / -25.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.06° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.42° / 6.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.42° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.