The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 4, 2026
Waning Gibbous
80.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:50 PM
10:31 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.7%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 393,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1280
Events on this date
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 232.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.3° / 271.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 27m / -9.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 334.93° / 0.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.15° / -0.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.41° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.