The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 4, 2068
Waxing Crescent
23.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:09 AM
11:41 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.3%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1800
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 | 57.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.6° / 94.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 42m / 2.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.94° / -5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.50° / 6.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 123.05° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.