The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 5, 1930
Waxing Gibbous
75.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:36 PM
2:12 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.6%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 387,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 93
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 120.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.5° / 67.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 43m / -17.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 223.62° / -1.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.91° / 1.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.53° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.