The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 4, 2039
Waxing Gibbous
97.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:58 PM
4:28 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.0%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 359,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1441
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,500 km.
Exact values
For Jul 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 160.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -73.4° / 352.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 28m / -23.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.64° / -0.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.14° / 0.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.75° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.