The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 4, 2104
Waxing Gibbous
86.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:03 PM
2:52 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.4%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 396,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2245
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 | 136.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.9° / 54.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 47m / -22.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.57° / -2.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.64° / 3.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.14° / -0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.