The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 5, 1906
Full Moon
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:39 PM
4:36 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 362,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -204
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jul 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 173.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -70.4° / 355.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 26m / -20.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.13° / 3.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.68° / -3.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.24° / -0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.