The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 5, 1901
Waning Gibbous
84.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:14 PM
9:03 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.8%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 379,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -266
Events on this date
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Jul 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 225.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.2° / 289.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 56m / -7.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.66° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.46° / -6.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.36° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.