The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 4, 2180
Waxing Gibbous
90.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:32 PM
3:28 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.4%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 363,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 3185
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,800 km.
Exact values
For Jul 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 143.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.1° / 36.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 23m / -20.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.38° / 1.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.38° / -1.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.16° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.