The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 4, 2178
Waning Gibbous
81.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:27 PM
10:32 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.6%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3160
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,300 km.
Exact values
For Jul 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 230.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.3° / 275.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 16m / -5.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 333.71° / 4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.44° / -5.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.17° / -0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.