The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 4, 2143
Waning Gibbous
56.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:25 AM
1:16 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.4%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2727
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 | 262.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.4° / 265.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 13m / 5.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.20° / 3.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.78° / -4.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.61° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.