The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 4, 2098
Waxing Crescent
38.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:40 PM
12:35 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.8%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 372,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2171
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 76.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.6° / 82.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 04m / 1.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.24° / 1.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.11° / -1.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.03° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.