The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 5, 1904
Last Quarter
52.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:29 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.5%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- -229
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jul 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 267.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.8° / 268.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 41m / 2.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.47° / -1.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.16° / 2.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.35° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.