The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 5, 1939
Waning Gibbous
85.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:12 PM
9:58 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.8%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 204
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,500 km.
Exact values
For Jul 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 224.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.6° / 278.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 50m / -8.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.90° / 4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.87° / -5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.22° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.