The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 4, 2158
Waxing Gibbous
60.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:06 PM
1:04 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.9%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2913
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jul 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 102.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.0° / 80.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 26m / -14.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.37° / -5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.39° / 7.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.98° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.