The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 4, 2048
Waning Crescent
33.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:23 AM
3:38 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.9%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 400,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1552
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 | 288.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.8° / 257.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 54m / 16.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.34° / 4.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.99° / -5.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.25° / -0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.