The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 4, 2160
Waxing Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:51 AM
9:36 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 359,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2938
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 8.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.0° / 116.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 34m / 18.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 112.21° / -2.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.00° / 3.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 169.65° / -0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.