The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 4, 2025
Waxing Gibbous
67.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:43 PM
1:34 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.4%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1268
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,600 km.
Exact values
For Jul 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 110.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.7° / 75.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 59m / -15.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.18° / -3.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.91° / 4.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.96° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.7° |
| 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.