The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 4, 2055
Waxing Gibbous
79.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:50 PM
2:56 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.6%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 373,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1639
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 | 126.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.3° / 54.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 12m / -12.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.12° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.04° / -6.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.99° / -0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.