The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 4, 2079
Waxing Crescent
36.8% 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
12:25 PM
12:35 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.8%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 385,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1936
Events on this date
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Jupiter at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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Mars behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jul 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 74.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.9° / 81.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 55m / 3.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.43° / 2.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.49° / -3.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.84° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.