The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 5, 1928
Waning Gibbous
93.3% 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
11:19 PM
8:19 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.3%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 389,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- 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 | 209.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.3° / 273.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 08m / -21.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 312.99° / -4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.22° / 6.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.05° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.