The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 4, 2031
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:56 PM
6:00 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 357,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1342
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,000 km.
Exact values
For Jul 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 178.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.5° / 311.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 45m / -19.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.70° / 3.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.00° / -4.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 1.17° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 322.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.