The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 4, 2117
Waxing Crescent
26.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:17 AM
12:01 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.3%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2406
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 | 61.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.0° / 85.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 06m / 8.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 164.22° / 2.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.09° / -2.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 117.46° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.