The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 4, 2105
Last Quarter
54.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:25 AM
1:30 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.4%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 375,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2257
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jul 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.8° / 265.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 21m / 7.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.73° / 4.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.09° / -5.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.24° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.