The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 5, 1900
Waxing Gibbous
56.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:34 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.8%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 401,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -278
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 97.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.5° / 91.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 11m / -11.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.86° / -3.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.22° / 5.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.01° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.