The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 5, 1917
Waning Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:50 PM
5:52 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 362,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -68
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 | 191.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.6° / 312.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 43m / -20.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.18° / 1.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.41° / -1.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.15° / -0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.