The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 4, 2109
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
12:29 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.8%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 373,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2307
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 76.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.6° / 82.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 00m / 1.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.56° / 1.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.24° / -1.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.82° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.2° |
| 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.