The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 5, 1924
Waxing Crescent
11.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:21 AM
11:20 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.0%
- Age
- 3.4 days
- Distance
- 393,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 19
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jul 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 38.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.0° / 95.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 37m / 14.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.01° / -0.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.95° / 0.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.48° / -1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.