The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 5, 1937
Waning Crescent
9.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:26 AM
6:42 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.0%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 362,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 179
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 | 325.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 68.5° / 217.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 26m / 22.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 68.45° / 0.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.05° / -0.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -146.03° / -0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.