The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 5, 1935
Waxing Crescent
20.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:48 AM
11:38 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.9%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 155
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,000 km.
Exact values
For Jul 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 54.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.3° / 93.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 29m / 5.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.85° / -3.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.28° / 5.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 125.26° / 0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.