The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 5, 1932
Waxing Crescent
3.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:34 AM
10:43 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.4%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 385,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 118
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 20.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.2° / 99.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 30m / 22.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.20° / 3.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.29° / -4.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.16° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.