The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 4, 2176
Waning Crescent
5.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:37 AM
7:37 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.7%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 360,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3135
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,700 km.
Exact values
For Jul 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 332.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 75.8° / 201.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 58m / 26.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 76.23° / 4.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.31° / -5.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -153.00° / 0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.