The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 4, 2196
Waxing Gibbous
68.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:57 PM
1:24 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.5%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 377,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3383
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jul 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 111.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.7° / 77.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 05m / -17.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.23° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.89° / 6.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.39° / 0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.