The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 5, 1916
Waxing Crescent
23.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:04 AM
10:46 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.3%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 398,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- -80
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 | 57.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.5° / 102.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 44m / 4.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.83° / -3.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.30° / 4.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.32° / 0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.