The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 4, 2082
Waxing Gibbous
65.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:38 PM
1:19 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.7%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 369,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1973
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,100 km.
Exact values
For Jul 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 108.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.3° / 78.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 50m / -16.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.41° / -4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.84° / 6.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.80° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.