The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 4, 2122
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:42 AM
9:37 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 376,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2468
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.4° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 7.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.8° / 115.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 27m / 20.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 110.29° / -1.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.47° / 2.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 177.26° / -0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.