The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 4, 2042
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
10:43 PM
7:05 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.7%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 376,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1478
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 196.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.4° / 279.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 12m / -25.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.68° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.96° / 6.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.22° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.8° |
| 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.